Outside view of King's College Chapel, Cambridge, showing the distinctive Tudor arch. The Tudor architectural style is the final development of Medieval architecture in England, during the Tudor period (1485â1603) and even beyond.
Full Definition of TYRANT. 1. a: an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitution b: a usurper of sovereignty. 2. a: a ruler who exercises absolute power oppressively or brutally b: one resembling an oppressive ruler in the harsh use of authority or power.
despot (ËdÉspÉt) n 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an absolute or tyrannical ruler; autocrat or tyrant 2. any person in power who acts tyrannically 3. (Historical Terms) a title borne by numerous persons of rank in the later Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Empires: the despot of Servia. desâ¢pot (ËdÉs pÉt, -pÉt) n. 1. a king or other ruler with absolute, unlimited power; autocrat. 2. any tyrant or oppressor. 3. a title applied to a Byzantine emperor, and later to Byzantine vassal rulers and governors.