English Dictionary

tyrant

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtaɪɹənt/

名詞

歴史的 廃用 広義

(historical, Ancient Greece) A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession. / (obsolete) Any monarch or governor.

日本語の意味

（歴史的、古代ギリシア）僭主：正当な継承や選挙によらず、強引または不法な手段で権力を掌握し、統治する人物 / （古語的用法）君主または統治者全般

After years of quiet dissent, the citizens finally rose to depose the tyrant who had seized control of their polis.

長年の静かな不満の後、市民たちはついに自分たちの都市国家を掌握した僭主を打倒するために蜂起した。

意味（1）

(historical, Ancient Greece) A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.

To proue him Tyrant, this reason may suffice, That Henry liueth still.

意味（2）

(obsolete) Any monarch or governor.

Cassius... set tyrants over all Syria.

意味（3）

A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

Tyrannes...be but Gods scourges which he will cast into the fyre when he hath done with them.

意味（4）

(by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

A plague vpon the Tyrant that I serue

意味（5）

(by extension) A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.

I was a blasphemar, and a persecuter, and a tyraunt.

意味（6）

The tyrant birds, members of the family Tyrannidae, which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests.

The Tyrant... The courage of this little Bird is singular.

tyrants （ plural ）