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Word entry · 6 letters

tyrant

Best crossword clue

"Cruel ruler"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtaɪɹənt/Part of speech nounSorted anrttyStarts with TEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a cruel and oppressive dictator

Word origin

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 τύραννος (túrannos, “usurper, monarch, despot”), of uncertain origin.

Used in a sentence

  • To proue him Tyrant, this reason may suffice, That Henry liueth still.
  • Cassius... set tyrants over all Syria.
  • Tyrannes...be but Gods scourges which he will cast into the fyre when he hath done with them.

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