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The answer TYRANT has 160 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of tyrant in various dictionaries:
noun - a cruel and oppressive dictator
noun - in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
noun - any person who exercises power in a cruel way
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| Autocrat |
| Simon Legree |
| Tough boss to work for |
| Despot |
| Tough boss |
| Coup target |
| 54-Down, e.g. |
| Taskmaster |
| Iron-fisted boss |
| Monocrat |
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| The first Greek use of this synonym for "dictator" described King Gyges of Lydia |
| Tyrant description |
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A tyrant (Greek , tyrannos), in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or person, or one who has usurped legitimate sovereignty. Often described as a cruel character, a tyrant defends their position by oppressive means, tending to control almost everything in the state. The original Greek term, however, merely meant an authoritarian sovereign without reference to character, bearing no pejorative connotation during the Archaic and early Classical periods. However, it was clearly a negative word to Plato, a Greek philosopher, and on account of the decisive influence of philosophy on politics, its negative connotations only increased, continuing into the Hellenistic period. * Plato and Aristotle define a tyrant as a person who rules without law, using extreme and cruel methods against both their own people and others. It is defined further in the Encyclopédie as a usurper of sovereign power who makes his subjects the victims of his passions and unjus |
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| ABSOLUTERULER |
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| BROWBEAT |
| BROWBEATER |
| COERCE |
| COW |
| CZAR |
| DESPOT |
| DICTATOR |