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tiran — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • despot noun A ruler who holds total power and often uses it cruelly or unfairly; a tyrant.
  • tyrant noun A ruler who governs cruelly and unfairly, often having seized power illegally.

Senses

tiran is used for these senses in English:

  • Tirana A municipality, the capital and largest city of Albania, located in the center of the country west of the mountain of Dajti on the plain of Tirana; it is the seat of its eponymous county and municipality.
  • despot A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.

tyrant — full definition

  1. noun A ruler who governs cruelly and unfairly, often having seized power illegally.
  2. noun Informally, anyone who treats the people under them harshly or unfairly.

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