English-Estonian translations for tyrant

• türann
  Kuubat valitseb kommunistist türann, kes kõik oma vastased vangi panna laseb. Cuba is ruled by a communist tyrant who puts all his opponents in prison.
  Samuti toetan president Medvedevi hiljutisi nõuet, et Liibüa türann Muammar Gaddafi astuks võimult maha. I also welcome recent calls by President Medvedev for the Libyan tyrant, Muammar Gaddafi, to leave power.
  Lissabonis võetakse verejanuline türann nagu Mugabe vastu kogu austusega, kuna ka Aafrikas peame hoolitsema oma kaubanduslike huvide eest. In Lisbon a bloodthirsty tyrant like Mugabe is received with full honours, because in Africa too we have to look after our commercial interests.

Definition of tyrant

• A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession
• Any monarch or governor
• A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly
• Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly
• A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly
• The , members of the family Tyrannidae, which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests
• Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant
• To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical
• To tyrannize

Synonyms

• tyrant flycatcher

Related words

• tyrantess
• chat-tyrant
• tyrant flycatcher
• tyrant flycatchers
• Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant
• Hazel-fronted Pygmy Tyrant
• Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant
• Tawny-crowned Pygmy Tyrant
• Rufous-sided Pygmy Tyrant