noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Little Kyle is an absolute tyrant in the family.
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She was a tyrant who had absolutely no tolerance for mistakes.
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The Romanian tyrant Ceaucescu was overthrown in 1989.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Comparisons between twentieth-century dictators and the classical tyrants of Ancient Rome are alluring but misleading.
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Small children are encouraged to be small tyrants, to react violently if thwarted.
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When the islanders knew themselves freed from the tyrant it was easy for Perseus to find Danae and Dictys.