tiran

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (historical, masculine) tyrant, absolute ruler of an Ancient polis
2. (masculine) tyrant, despotic ruler
3. (figuratively, masculine) any oppressive, bossy or dictatorial person
4. (masculine) a tyrant flycatcher, any bird of the family Tyrannidae

Sinonieme

dwingeland

geweldenaar

autocraat

despoot

dictator

autokraat

onderdrukker

alleenheerser

Vertalings

Tyrann

tyrant

tyran

tirano

tiranno

Wüterich

tirano

tirà

τύραννος

Tyrannin

déspota

tyrannus

Potentat

autocrate

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin tyrannus (“monarch, ruler; tyrant”), itself from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “tyrant”). The sense "tyrant flycatcher" corresponds to the taxonomic family name, translingual Tyrannidae; more at tyrant flycatcher.