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.
The Oxford English Dictionary offers alternative definitions: a ruler, an illegitimate ruler (a usurper), an absolute ruler (despot) or an oppressive, unjust or cruel ruler. The term is usually applied to vicious dictators who achieve bad results for the governed. The definition of a tyrant is cursed by subjectivity. Oppression, injustice and cruelty do not have standardized measurements or thresholds. The Greeks defined both usurpers and those inheriting rule from usurpers as tyrants.