Tyrant Definition
(uncommon) Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.
(obsolete) To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical.
Other Word Forms of Tyrant
Noun
Origin of Tyrant
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From Middle English tyrant and tyrante, from Old French tyrant, from the addition of a terminal -t to Old French tiran (cp. French tyran) via a back-formation related to the development of French present participles out of the Latin -ans form, from Latin tyrannus (“despot"), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (turannos, “usurper, monarch, despot"), of uncertain origin.
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French alteration of tyran from Latin tyrannus from Greek turannos
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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