tyrant

Noun
  1. A cruel and oppressive dictator (synset 110754955)
    is a type of: dictator, potentate - a ruler who is unconstrained by law
    subtypes: czar - a person having great power
    same as: autocrat, despot
  2. In ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it (synset 110755364)
    is a type of: ruler, swayer - a person who rules or commands
    specific instances: dionysius, dionysius the elder - the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC)
  3. Any person who exercises power in a cruel way (synset 110755221)
    "his father was a tyrant"
    is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being

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