tyraunt
Middle English
/ˈtiːrau̯nt/
noun
Definitions
- An absolute monarch; one who rules in despotism.
- A monarch who is evil, merciless, or unfair.
- A ruler who takes over a nation or usurps.
- One who suppresses or oppresses the followers of a creed.
- A scoundrel or malfeasant; one who is merciless, unfair, or evil.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French tirant derived from Latin tyrannus (tyrant, monarch, despot, ruler) derived from Ancient Greek τύραννος (tyrant, absolute ruler, master, sovereign, despot, usurper, king, lord, monarch).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τύραννος
Gloss
tyrant, absolute ruler, master, sovereign, despot, usurper, king, lord, monarch
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
主
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tyranness English
- tyranny English
- tyrant English
- tyrantess English
- tyrannicida Latin
- tyrannicidium Latin
- tyrannus Latin
- Tyrann German
- tiran Dutch, Flemish
- tirano Spanish, Castilian
- τυραννέω Ancient Greek
- τυραννίς Ancient Greek
- τυραννεύω Ancient Greek
- τύραννος Ancient Greek
- tyrann Norwegian Bokmål
- tyran Polish
- tyranozaur Polish
- tyrann Norwegian Nynorsk
- tirannye Middle English
- tyranne Middle English
- tyraundise Middle English
- tyrauntly Middle English
- tyrauntrie Middle English
- tyran Danish
- tirandise Old French
- tirant Old French
- tyrannie Old French
- tyrant Old French
- tirano Esperanto
- tyran Norman
- tirano Old Portuguese
- Zhuchengtyrannus Chinese
- ⲧⲩⲣⲁⲛⲟⲥ Coptic
- súsk'i Zuni