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tyrantship

noun

Etymology

From tyrant + -ship.

  1. derived from τύραννος
  2. derived from tyrannus
  3. derived from tyrant
  4. inherited from tyraunt
  5. formed as tyrantship — “tyrant + -ship”

Definitions

  1. The condition of being a tyrant

    The condition of being a tyrant; tyranny.

    • Since that time, he has been as devoted a slave to her tyrantship as any of us; and that's saying a great deal.
    • The suitors are just as delightfully and professionally evil: the tyrant of Agrigentum points out as an objective fact that they obtain their tyrantships by underhand villainy (πανουργία) rather than by force.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA