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tyrant

noun

ˈtī-rənt

Definition of tyrant

as in dictator

a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way the people universally feared the tyrant, who was notorious for his frequent use of torture

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Recent Examples of tyrant These were the grounds of revolution in 1776 and what colonists held to be the markings of a tyrant. — Robert Parkinson, The Conversation, 24 June 2026 Aegon, dragged out of King’s Landing by spymaster Lord Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) in an effort to save him from the fratricidal Aemond, gets an up-close look at the petty tyrants who have sprouted up in the countryside thanks to his impetuous rule. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 June 2026 The American origin story is rooted in the notion that George III was its vanquished villain, an irrational tyrant who oppressed the American colonists. — ABC News, 3 June 2026 If anything, the story during the semiquincentennial casts George as more of a whole person than the tyrant depicted in the ad hominem complaints peppered throughout the Declaration of Independence. — Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tyrant

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dictator

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Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, who had severed ties with Israel, was a supporter of the Palestinian independence cause.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Korea’s unfunny dictator responded by nuking the studio’s tech apparatus, thus disclosing its financial secrets.

— Peter Bart, Deadline, 30 July 2026

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