Antonyms for tyrants
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tahy-ruhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtaɪ rənt |
Definition of tyrants
Origin :- c.1300, "absolute ruler," from Old French tyrant (12c.), from Latin tyrannus "lord, master, tyrant" (cf. Spanish tirano, Italian tiranno), from Greek tyrannos "lord, master, sovereign, absolute ruler," a loan-word from a language of Asia Minor (probably Lydian); cf. Etruscan Turan "mistress, lady" (surname of Venus).
- In the exact sense, a tyrant is an individual who arrogates to himself the royal authority without having a right to it. This is how the Greeks understood the word 'tyrant': they applied it indifferently to good and bad princes whose authority was not legitimate. [Rousseau, "The Social Contract"]
- The spelling with -t arose in Old French by analogy with present participle endings in -ant. Fem. form tyranness is recorded from 1590 (Spenser); cf. Medieval Latin tyrannissa (late 14c.).
- noun person who dictates, oppresses
- Why should we cultivate talents merely to gratify the caprice of tyrants?
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Sic semper tyrannis, does not mean "Tyrants are always sick."
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, Issue 10, Saturday, June 4, 1870 » by Various
- But the tyrants, not long after, were constrained to recall the same again.
- Extract from : « Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther » by Martin Luther
- All tyrants want to crush reason, from the weak king to the weak father.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- It was a thing which some tyrants would have had me broken on the wheel.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- You will say that I have justified my statement that Bishop Wilson was the bitterest of tyrants.
- Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
- Was he indeed the bitterest of tyrants as well as the serenest of saints?
- Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
- What was that red-shirted scourge of tyrants that this man might not be?
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- Tyrants no less than ordinary mortals can distinguish merit.
- Extract from : « Hiero » by Xenophon
- With it in the world, there can be no more war—and if there is no more war, there is the end of kings and tyrants.
- Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Synonyms for tyrants
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