tyrant

About 2.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.
2. noun Any monarch or governor.
3. noun A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
4. noun Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
5. noun A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
6. noun The tyrant birds, members of the family Tyrannidae, which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests.
7. adjective Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.
8. verb To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical.

Similar words

autocrat despot tyranny dictator tyrannical tyrannous authoritarian tsar guardian slayer

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