Crossword-Solution: TYRANT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tyrant | n. | An absolute ruler; a sovereign unrestrained by law or constitution; a usurper of sovereignty. |
| Tyrant | n. | 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. |
| Tyrant | n. | Any one of numerous species of American clamatorial birds belonging to the family Tyrannidae; -- called also tyrant bird. |
| Tyrant | v. i. | To act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; to tyrannical. |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with TYRANT (5)
Therefore since hee permits Within himself unworthie Powers to reign Over free Reason, God in Judgement just Subjects him from without to violent Lords; Who oft as undeservedly enthrall His outward freedom: Tyrannie must be, Though to the Tyrant thereby no excuse.
Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he can trace the footprints of our flying brother.
But before she died she gasped out— “Any excuse will serve a tyrant.” The Dog and the Shadow It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace.
The hour, some little time before sunset, and the place, the West Barricade, at the very spot where, a decade later, a proud tyrant raised an undying monument to the nation’s glory and his own vanity.
Even though we died in the attempt, would not our memories be fairer than as though we remained in servile fear to be butchered by a cruel and unjust tyrant—call her goddess or mortal, as you will.” As I finished I raised Xodar to his feet and released him.
Quotes with TYRANT (3)
To most anarchists, the advocacy of freedom on Earth while bowing to a heavenly tyrant (no matter how imaginary) seems an insupportable contradiction.
But people didn't have to pay as much attention to the awful truth. As the living legend of the cruel tyrant in the city and the gentle holy man in the jungle grew, so, too, did the happiness of the people grow. They were all employed full time as actors in a play they understood, that any human being anywhere could understand and applaud.
It is not to compare Ali and Allah. It is to discuss between tyrant Yazeed and veracity of Hussainiat.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: AARP, Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 118 times in crossword archives (1957–2024).