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.
A dictatorship is a form of government in which a person or a small group rules with almost unlimited power. The ruler of a dictatorship is called a dictator. Absolute monarchs (kings) are another type of ruler with unlimited power. But monarchs usually inherit their position.