TYRANT


Meaning of TYRANT in English

noun

a ruler who exercises absolute power oppressively and brutally

Hitler and Stalin as twentieth-century tyrants

Synonyms: despot, dictator, duce, oppressor, strong man

Related Word: autocrat, totalitarian

Idioms: man on horseback

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