Definitie & Betekenis van "tyrant"

Tyrant

a ruler or leader who has absolute power and uses it in a cruel and oppressive way, without any regard for the rights or well-being of others

any person who exercises power in a cruel way

in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it

Voorbeeld

The tyrant became the execration of the people due to his cruel policies.

The tyrant ordered dissenters to be impaled in the town square as a deterrent.

The tyrant used fear and oppression to subjugate the people, ensuring absolute obedience to his rule.

Her ex-boss, she said, was 'a tyrant and a fraud'.

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