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tyrant
English
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Etymology
From Middle English tyraunt, tiraunt, tyrant, tyrante, from Old French tyrant, from the addition of a terminal -t to 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 ???????? (túrannos, “usurper, monarch, despot”), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- enPR: t??r?nt
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?ta???nt/
- Hyphenation: ty?rant
Noun
tyrant (plural tyrants)
- (historical, Ancient Greece) A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, The third Part of Henry the Sixt, with the death of the Duke of York, III iii 71:
- To proue him Tyrant, this reason may suffice, That Henry liueth still.
- 1980, Michel Austin & al., Economic and Social History of Ancient Greece, 142:
- The reappearance of tyranny [in the 4th century BC] had many reasons... one of the main causes was the development of antagonism between rich and poor; tyrants came to power exploiting a social and political imbalance within the state.
- 1996, Roger Boesche, Theories of Tyranny, from Plato to Arendt, 4:
- Ancient Greek tyrannies appeared once more in great numbers with the breakdown of the polis in the period from the fourth to the second centuries [BC]. These later tyrannies tended to rely on a more narrow class base and to use a brutal military rule, and thus writers could use the words tyrant and tyranny, with their modern connotations of evil and cruelty, to describe them accurately.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, The third Part of Henry the Sixt, with the death of the Duke of York, III iii 71:
- (obsolete) Any monarch or governor.
- 1737, William Whiston translating Josephus, History of the Jewish Wars, I xii §2:
- Cassius... set tyrants over all Syria.
- 1737, William Whiston translating Josephus, History of the Jewish Wars, I xii §2:
- A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
- 1587, Philip Sidney and Arthur Golding, A woorke concerning the trewnesse of the christian religion, translating Philippe De Mornay, XII 196:
- Tyrannes...be but Gods scourges which he will cast into the fyre when he hath done with them.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar, V iv 5:
- I am the Sonne of Marcus Cato, hoe.
A Foe to Tyrants, and my Countries Friend.
- I am the Sonne of Marcus Cato, hoe.
- 1888, James Bryce, The American Commonweath, I iv 42:
- They [viz., the Framers of the American Constitution] held England to be the freest and best-governed country in the world, but were resolved to avoid the weak points which had enabled King George III. to play the tyrant, and which rendered English liberty, as they thought, far inferior to that which the constitutions of their own States secured.
- 1587, Philip Sidney and Arthur Golding, A woorke concerning the trewnesse of the christian religion, translating Philippe De Mornay, XII 196:
- (by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, II ii 161:
- A plague vpon the Tyrant that I serue
- 1817, Mary Mitford in Alfred L'Estrange, The life of Mary Russell Mitford (1870), II i 2
- […] a sad tyrant, as my friends the Democrats sometimes are.
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, II ii 161:
- (by extension) A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
- c. 1507, William Dunbar, Poems, 95:
- That strang vnmercifull tyrand [Death].
- 1526, Tyndale's Bible, 1 Tim. I 13:
- I was a blasphemar, and a persecuter, and a tyraunt.
- 1528, Thomas Paynell translating Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano, Regimen Sanitatis Salerni:
- A pike (called the tyranne of fishes).
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Cymbeline, I i 85:
- O dissembling Curtesie! How fine this Tyrant Can tickle where she wounds?
- 1847, A. Helps, Friends in Council, I viii 132:
- Public opinion, the greatest tyrant of these times.
- c. 1507, William Dunbar, Poems, 95:
- The tyrant birds, members of the family Tyrannidae, which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests.
- 1731, Mark Catesby, The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, I 55:
- The Tyrant... The courage of this little Bird is singular.
- c. 1841, Swainson, Penny Cyclopaedia, XXI 415 2:
- The lesser tyrants (Tyrannulae) are spread over the whole of America, where they represent the true flycatcher... The tyrants are bold and quarrelsome birds, particularly during the season of incubation.
- 1895, Alfred Newton, A Dictionary of Birds:
- Tyrant or Tyrant-bird, Catesby applied it solely to...the King-bird..., but apparently as much in reference to its bright crown...as to its tyrannical behaviour to other birds.
- 1731, Mark Catesby, The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, I 55:
Synonyms
- (Greek ruler): archon, basileus, aisymnetes
- (unjust or strict ruler or superior): autocrat, dictator, despot, martinet
- (bird): tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant shrike, king bird, bee martin
Derived terms
Related terms
- tyranness
- tyrannical
- tyrannicide, tyrannicidal
- tyrannous
- tyranny
Translations
Descendants
- ? Welsh: teirant
Adjective
tyrant
- (uncommon) Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.
- c. 1530, John Rastell, Pastyme of People
- He was most tirant & cruell of all emperours.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, As you Like it, I ii 278:
- Thus must I from the smoake into the smother,
From tyrant Duke, vnto a tyrant Brother.
- Thus must I from the smoake into the smother,
- 1775, Abigail Adams, letter in Familiar Letters of John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams, during the Revolution (1876), 124:
- ...a reconciliation between our no longer parent state, but tyrant state, and these colonies.
- c. 1530, John Rastell, Pastyme of People
Verb
tyrant (third-person singular simple present tyrants, present participle tyranting, simple past and past participle tyranted)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical.
- a. 1661, Thomas Fuller, Of Fancy
- Let thy judgment be king, but not tyrant over it
- a. 1661, Thomas Fuller, Of Fancy
- (transitive, obsolete) To tyrannize.
References
Further reading
- tyrant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tyrant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- tyrant at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- tranty
Middle English
Noun
tyrant
- Alternative form of tyraunt
tyrant From the web:
tyrannize
English
Alternative forms
- tyrannise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Etymology
From Middle French tyranniser
Verb
tyrannize (third-person singular simple present tyrannizes, present participle tyrannizing, simple past and past participle tyrannized)
- (transitive) To oppress (someone).
- 1929, Edgar Wallace, “The Tyrant of the House” in The Iron Grip, London: George Newnes,[1]
- In truth he was the type of man who is spoilt by the submission of weaker people than himself. There are such men, who must either be tyrannized or be tyrants […]
- 2001, Breena Clarke, “Roots of Success” (review of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker by A’Lelia Bundles), Chicago Tribune, 18 February, 2001,[2]
- I spent the first 18 years of my life tyrannized by a red-hot hair-pressing comb. Well, maybe tyrannized is an exaggeration. But covering your ears while hot grease sizzles nearby is not a young girl's idea of a fun time.
- 1929, Edgar Wallace, “The Tyrant of the House” in The Iron Grip, London: George Newnes,[1]
- (intransitive) To rule as a tyrant.
- The prince tyrannized over his subjects.
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,[3]
- What? will they tyrannize vpon the Church?
- c. 1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act IV, Scene 3,[4]
- Ah, Rome! Well, well; I made thee miserable
- What time I threw the people’s suffrages
- On him that thus doth tyrannize o’er me.
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica, London, p. 24,[5]
- […] lest som should perswade ye, Lords and Commons, that these arguments of lerned mens discouragement at this your order, are meer flourishes, and not reall, I could recount what I have seen and heard in other Countries, where this kind of inquisition tyrannizes […]
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, London: J. Johnson, Part I, Chapter 10, p. 344,[6]
- Parental affection, indeed, in many minds, is but a pretext to tyrannize where it can be done with impunity, for only good and wise men are content with the respect that will bear discussion.
- General Secretary Xi is not destined to tyrannize inside and outside of China forever, unless we allow it.
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