See tyrant on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1587, Philip Sidney and Arthur Golding, A woorke concerning the trewnesse of the christian religion, translating Philippe De Mornay, XII 196",
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"text": "Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was.",
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"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, :[13]:",
"text": "I was a blasphemar, and a persecuter, and a tyraunt.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1528, Thomas Paynell translating Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano, Regimen Sanitatis Salerni",
"text": "A pike (called the tyranne of fishes)."
},
{
"ref": "1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 85:",
"text": "O dissembling Curtesie! How fine this Tyrant Can tickle where she wounds?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1847, A. Helps, Friends in Council, I viii 132:",
"text": "Public opinion, the greatest tyrant of these times.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly."
],
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[
"villain",
"villain"
],
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"thing",
"thing"
],
[
"use",
"use"
],
[
"strength",
"strength"
],
[
"violence",
"violence"
],
[
"treat",
"treat"
],
[
"other",
"other"
],
[
"unjustly",
"unjustly"
],
[
"cruelly",
"cruelly"
],
[
"harshly",
"harshly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (family)",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1731, Mark Catesby, The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, I 55:",
"text": "The Tyrant... The courage of this little Bird is singular.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1841, Swainson, Penny Cyclopaedia, XXI 415 2",
"text": "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."
},
{
"ref": "1895, Alfred Newton, A Dictionary of Birds:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"The tyrant birds, members of the family Tyrannidae, which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests."
],
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[
"member",
"member"
],
[
"family",
"family"
],
[
"Tyrannidae",
"Tyrannidae#Translingual"
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[
"often",
"often"
],
[
"fight",
"fight"
],
[
"drive off",
"drive off"
],
[
"other",
"other"
],
[
"bird",
"bird"
],
[
"approach",
"approach"
],
[
"nest",
"nest"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈtaɪɹənt/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪɹənt"
}
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{
"sense": "Greek ruler",
"word": "archon"
},
{
"sense": "Greek ruler",
"word": "basileus"
},
{
"sense": "Greek ruler",
"word": "aisymnetes"
},
{
"sense": "unjust or strict ruler or superior",
"word": "autocrat"
},
{
"sense": "unjust or strict ruler or superior",
"word": "dictator"
},
{
"sense": "unjust or strict ruler or superior",
"word": "despot"
},
{
"sense": "unjust or strict ruler or superior",
"word": "martinet"
},
{
"sense": "bird",
"word": "tyrant bird"
},
{
"sense": "bird",
"word": "tyrant flycatcher"
},
{
"sense": "bird",
"word": "tyrant shrike"
},
{
"sense": "bird",
"word": "king bird"
},
{
"sense": "bird",
"word": "bee martin"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "tyran"
}
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "historical / Ancient Greece: usurper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dèspota"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "historical / Ancient Greece: usurper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tyran"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "historical / Ancient Greece: usurper",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tyran"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "historical / Ancient Greece: usurper",
"word": "tyranni"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭirani",
"sense": "historical / Ancient Greece: usurper",
"word": "ტირანი"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "historical / Ancient Greece: usurper",
"word": "tyraunt"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tirán",
"sense": "historical / Ancient Greece: usurper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тира́н"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any monarch or governor",
"word": "hallitsija"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "any monarch or governor",
"word": "tyraunt"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭāḡiya",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "طَاغِيَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bṙnakal",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "բռնակալ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bṙnapet",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "բռնապետ"
},
{
"code": "ae",
"lang": "Avestan",
"roman": "sāsta",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "𐬯𐬁𐬯𐬙𐬀"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "tirano"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tirant"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tirán",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тира́н"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tirà"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tirana"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "bou⁶ gwan¹",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "暴君"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "bou⁶ zyu²",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "暴主"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "暴君"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàojūn",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "暴君"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàozhǔ",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "暴主"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "turant"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "turantes"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tyran"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tyran"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tiran"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "tirano"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "tyranni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "hirmuhallitsija"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tyran"
},
{
"code": "frm",
"lang": "Middle French",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tyran"
},
{
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tirant"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭirani",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "ტირანი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tyrann"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Tyrannin"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "týrannos",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "τύραννος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "túrannos",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "τῠ́ρᾰννος"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "adhināyak",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "अधिनायक"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "zsarnok"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "despota"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "elnyomó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "kényúr"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ansmachtaí"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aintiarna"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anlaith"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tíoránach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tiranno"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tiranna"
},
{
"alt": "ぼうくん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bōkun",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "暴君"
},
{
"alt": "僭主",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chamju",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "참주"
},
{
"alt": "暴君",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pokgun",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "폭군"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tyrannus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tíran",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ти́ран"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "çhenjagh"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "tranlaasagh"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "treanagh"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "treanyder"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "tyraunt"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tyran"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tyrann"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tyrann"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sâstâ",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "ساستا"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tyran"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tirano"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tirana"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tiran"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tirană"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tirán",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тира́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "despot",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "деспот"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tiranka",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тиранка"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aintighearna"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tirano"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tirana"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tyrann"
},
{
"alt": "暴主",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"word": "bạo chúa"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tirenan"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hitirenan"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "harsh and cruel ruler",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jitirenan"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tirà"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tiran"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tirano"
},
{
"alt": "explicitly ♂",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"word": "virtirano"
},
{
"alt": "explicitly ♂",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"word": "tiraniĉo"
},
{
"alt": "explicitly ♀",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"word": "tiranino"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"word": "tyranni"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tyran"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭirani",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"word": "ტირანი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tyrann"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Tyrannin"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "týrannos",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "τύραννος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"word": "zsarnok"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tirano"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tiranulo"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tiranino"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ansmachtaí"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tiranno"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tyrannus"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"word": "tyraunt"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tyran"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tyran"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "autokrata"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person who abuses their power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "autokratka"
},
{
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