English-Swedish translations for tyrant

• tyrann en
  Från 1985 har han styrt som en tyrann.From 1985 he has ruled as a tyrant.
  Eurokratins tyranner skaffar sig enkelt ett rent samvete.A clean conscience comes easy for the Eurocrat tyrants.
  Inget som helst överseende bör därför visas med dessa tyranner och diktatorer.Therefore, no leniency whatsoever should be shown towards these tyrants and dictators.
• best en
• despot en
  Genom de arabiska revolutionerna har man nätt och jämnt lyckats skaka av sig de egna despoternas ok - och nu kommer redan hälsningar från utländska tyranner.The Arab revolutions have barely shaken off the yoke of their own despots and now foreign tyrants are sending them their regards.
  Mänskligheten måste svara på frågan om vad vi skall göra med tyrannerna, med de despoter som dödar sina egna folk eller folk i andra länder.Mankind has to answer the question of what we are to do with tyrants, despots who kill their own people or those of another country.

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