Tyrant

ti'rant, n. An absolute ruler, or one strained by law or constitution; a monarch, ruler or master, who uses power to oppre jects; a despotic ruler; cruel master; oppre or. Tyran'nic, -nical, a. Of, or pert, to, a tyrant; justly severe in government: imperious; despotic: cruel; arbitrary. — Tyran'nically, adv. — Tyran'nicide. n. Act of killing a tyrant: one who kills — Tyr'annize, tir'an-niz, v. i. [-xized (-nizd), ing.] To act the tyrant, exercise arbitrary power.— v. t. To subject to arbitrary, oppre ive, or nical treatment; to oppre . — Tyr'annous, a. Tyrannical; arbitrary; despotic— Tyr'anny, U, yoo, the 21st letter in the Eng. alphabet, had, glo-Saxon, the sound it still retains in most languages of Europe — that of oo in cool, tool sound was changed to that heard in the words tube, etc., prob. fr. the attempt to introduce man-French language into England: besides sounds, u has also 2 other sounds, as exemplified the words but, bull. The vowel [/"has a close to the consonant V. and these 2 letters were ly confounded in writing and printing.