typothetæ, typothetæ

[Gr. typos =a type, and thetes =a giver or setter, from tithenai to set or place.] Typographical : The name given to a trade guild consisting of persons connected with the printing trades, both workmen and employers. The name as now used in this country is a revival of an ancient appellation conferred upon an a ociation of printers of whom we find record as early as the latter half of the 15th century. In the year 1465, according to Meersman, the Emperor Frederick III. of Germany "permitted printers to wear gold and silver, and both the typograph i and typothete were honored by him with the privilege of bearing a coat-of-arms, and wearing armor. The shield of the typothetæ bore an eagle with extended claws, and the open helmet was surmounted by a crown." The first use of the name in this country was in 1863, when P. C. Baker, of New York city, proposed the name for a society of employing printers in that city. The name was adopted, but the society did not survive long. In 1883 the New York society was resuscitated, and the name readopted. From that city similar organizations spread all over the country. The Typothetæ is a society which has taken a stand in direct opposition to the domination of trade unionism, and claims as its cardinal principle "the right to regulate one's own affairs, without let or hindrance from outsiders." It has local and international organization, and is benevolent and fraternal in some of its aspects. *tyr-an, v . t . [TYRAN, s.] To act the tyrant; to tyrannize over. "What glorie or what guerdon hast thou found In feeble ladies tyranning so sore?" Spenser: F. Q., IV. vii. 1. *tyr'-an, *tyr'-anne, s . & a . [O. Fr.tiran , tirant , tyran , tyrant (Fr. tyran ), from Latin tyrannum , acc us. of tyrannus =a tyrant, from Gr. tyrannos a lord, an absolute monarch, a tyrant, an usurper: root uncertain; Sp. tirano; Port. tyrano ; Ital. tiranno .] [TYRANT.] A. As subst .: A tyrant. "Lordly love is such a tyranne fell." Spenser: Shepherd's Calendar; October . B. As adj .: Tyrannical (q. v.). "He is the tyran pike, our hearts the fry." Donne: Poems, p. 40. *tyran-queller, *tyranne-queller, substantive. A tyrannicide. "Harmodius and Aristo git on had been tyranne- quell ers." -Udall : Apoph . of Erasmus , p. 129. *tyr-an-e , subst . [Mid. Eng. tyran =a tyrant; e .) A female tyrant. tyrant