tyrant

nouns

a cruel and oppressive dictator
autocrat, despot, tyrant
is derived from
tyrannous
is derived from
tyrannize
is derived from
tyrannize
in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
tyrant
is a type of (narrower)
a person who rules or commands
"swayer of the universe"
ruler, swayer
any person who exercises power in a cruel way
"his father was a tyrant"
tyrant
is derived from
tyrannous
is a type of (narrower)
a human being
"there was too much for one person to do"
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul