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 word tyranny is used with many meanings, not only by the Greeks, but throughout the tradition of the great books.. 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.