(n) New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada, Syn.superfamily Tyrannidae
(n) large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North America, Syn.tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex
{ } a. [ L. tyrannicus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. tyrannique. See Tyrant. ] Of or pertaining to a tyrant; suiting a tyrant; unjustly severe in government; absolute; imperious; despotic; cruel; arbitrary; as, a tyrannical prince; a tyrannical master; tyrannical government. “A power tyrannical.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our sects a more tyrannic power assume. Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]
The oppressor ruled tyrannic where he durst. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. tyrannicidium the killing of a tyrant, tyrannicida the killer of a tyrant; tyrannus a tyrant + caedere to kill: cf. F. tyrannicide. ] 1. The act of killing a tyrant. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Tyrannized p. pr. & vb. n. Tyrannizing ] [ Cf. F. tyranniser, Gr. tyranni`zein to take the part of tyrants. ] To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power over others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. tirannye, OF. tirannie, F. tyrannie; cf. It. tirannia; Gr. tyranni`a, tyranni`s, L. tyrannis. See Tyrant. ] 1. The government or authority of a tyrant; a country governed by an absolute ruler; hence, arbitrary or despotic exercise of power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government. [ 1913 Webster ]
“Sir, ” would he [ Seneca ] say, “an emperor mote need Be virtuous and hate tyranny.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Cruel government or discipline; as, the tyranny of a schoolmaster. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Severity; rigor; inclemency. [ 1913 Webster ]
The tyranny of the open night's too rough For nature to endure. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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