'tyrant' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'tyrant' with 3 example sentences.
- tyrant noun
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: a cruel and oppressive dictator
: in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
: any person who exercises power in a cruel way
Emperor Nero was an extremely evil tyrant.
We will not bend to the will of a tyrant.
Today a child acting like a king, tomorrow a tyrant.