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n.
Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidae; -- called also tyrant bird.
a.
Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government.
n.
A female tyrant.
v. t.
To subject to arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical treatment; to oppress.
v. i.
To act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; to tyrannical.
v. i.
To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices.
n.
The act of killing a tyrant.
imp. & p. p.
of Tyrannize
n.
An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty.
n.
Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor.
a.
Tyrannical; arbitrary; unjustly severe; despotic.
n.
One who kills a tyrant.
n.
The government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government.
a.
Like a tyrant; tyrannical.
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Of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of a tyrant.
n.
A tyrant.
n.
Severity; rigor; inclemency.
a.
Alt. of Tyrannical
n.
Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Tyrannize
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