tyran-tyrant: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is tyran? tyran is tyrant

What is tyrant?

  • Celui qui, dans le monde grec, avait un pouvoir absolu après s'en être emparé par la force.

    One who in the Greek world, had an absolute power after taking it over by force.

  • Souverain despotique, injuste, cruel.

    Despotic, unjust, cruel ruler.

  • Littéraire. Personne excessivement autoritaire qui abuse de son pouvoir.

    Literary. An excessively authoritarian person who abuses his power.

  • Petit passereau d'Amérique, insectivore, capturant ses proies en plein vol.(Nom usuel gobe-mouches d'Amérique .)

    Small American passerine bird, insectivorous, capturing its prey in mid-flight.(Common name american flycatchers .)

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