tiran

Meaning

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

Concepts

tyrant

dictator

oppressor

autocrat

despot

potentate

Synonyms

dwingeland

geweldenaar

autocraat

despoot

dictator

autokraat

onderdrukker

alleenheerser

Translations

Tyrann

tyran

tirano

tiranno

Wüterich

tirano

tirà

τύραννος

Tyrannin

déspota

tyrannus

Potentat

dittatore

dictateur

Etymology

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.