tyrant 音标拼音: [t'ɑɪrənt]
n . 暴君
暴君
tyrant n 1 :
a cruel and oppressive dictator [
synonym : {
tyrant }, {
autocrat },
{
despot }]
2 :
in ancient Greece ,
a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it 3 :
any person who exercises power in a cruel way ; "
his father was a tyrant "
Tyrant \
Tyr "
ant \ (
t [
imac ]"
rant ),
n . [
OE .
tirant ,
tiraunt ,
tyraunt ,
OF .
tiran ,
tirant (
probably from confusion with the p .
pr .
of verbs ),
F .
tyran ,
L .
tyrannus ,
Gr .
ty `
rannos ,
originally ,
an absolute sovereign ,
but afterwards ,
a severe or cruel ruler .]
1 .
An absolute ruler ;
a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution ;
a usurper of sovereignty .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
Free governments [
in Greece ]
having superseded the old hereditary sovereignties (
basilei ^
ai ),
all who obtained absolute power in a state were called ty `
rannoi ,
tyrants ,
or rather despots ; --
for the term rather regards the irregular way in which the power was gained ,
whether force or fraud ,
than the way in which it was exercised ,
being applied to the mild Pisistratus ,
but not to the despotic kings of Persia .
However ,
the word soon came to imply reproach ,
and was then used like our tyrant . --
Liddell &
Scott .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
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 . "
This false tyrant ,
this Nero ." --
Chaucer .
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Love ,
to a yielding heart ,
is a king ,
but to a resisting ,
is a tyrant . --
Sir P .
Sidney .
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3 . (
Zool .)
Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family {
Tyrannidae }; --
called also {
tyrant bird }.
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
These birds are noted for their irritability and pugnacity ,
and for the courage with which they attack rapacious birds far exceeding them in size and strength .
They are mostly plain -
colored birds ,
but often have a bright -
colored crown patch .
A few species ,
as the scissorstail ,
are handsomely colored .
The kingbird and pewee are familiar examples .
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{
Tyrant flycatcher } (
Zool .),
any one of numerous species of tyrants which have a flattened bill ,
toothed at the tip ,
and resemble the true flycatchers in habits .
The Acadian flycatcher ({
Empidonax Acadicus })
and the vermilion flycatcher ({
Pyrocephalus rubineus })
are examples .
{
Tyrant shrike } (
Zool .),
any one of numerous species of American tyrants of the genus {
Tyrannus }
having a strong toothed bill and resembling the shrikes in habits .
The kingbird is an example .
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Tyrant \
Ty "
rant \,
v .
i .
To act like a tyrant ;
to play the tyrant ;
be to tyrannical .
[
Obs .] --
Fuller .
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29 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tyrant ":
Simon Legree ,
absolute monarch ,
absolute ruler ,
all -
powerful ruler ,
arrogator ,
autarch ,
authoritarian ,
autocrat ,
bully ,
caesar ,
commissar ,
czar ,
despot ,
dictator ,
disciplinarian ,
driver ,
duce ,
hard master ,
martinet ,
oligarch ,
oppressor ,
overlord ,
pharaoh ,
slave driver ,
stickler ,
strong man ,
totalitarian ,
usurper ,
warlord
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