English-Finnish translations for tyrant

• tyranni
  Kommunismin kuvataan olevan tyranniaa, ja avioliitto on viimein naisen ja miehen välinen asia. Communism is described as a tyrant, and marriage is at last a union between a woman and a man.
  Vaikka aika valitettavasti onkin tyranni, en voi jättää kiittämättä Manfred Weberiä. I cannot, although time is unfortunately a tyrant, omit to thank Mr Weber.
  Marxismista on tulossa sitä julmempaa, mitä tietoisempi järjestelmän käyttöönottanut marxilainen tyranni on siitä, että hänen loppunsa lähestyy. Marxism is becoming more barbaric the more the Marxist tyrant who introduced it is aware of his approaching end.

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