Definitions from Wiktionary (tyrant)

▸ noun:  (historical, Ancient Greece) A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) Any monarch or governor.
▸ noun:  A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
▸ noun:  (by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
▸ noun:  The tyrant birds, members of the family Tyrannidae, which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests.
▸ adjective:  (uncommon) Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To tyrannize.
▸ Also see tyrant

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