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Categories: Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, long volume value, Ancient Roman government, Ancient Greek tyrants, Pages using sidebar with the child parameter
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tyrant  Aisymnetai  Greek tyrant  Hoi Tyrannoi  Social tyranny
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In ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it WordNet 3.0
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In ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A tyrant, in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler who is unrestrained by law, or one who has usurped a legitimate ruler's sovereignty. Wikipedia
Despotic ruler or person. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitution Wikidata
In ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it. OmegaWiki
A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession. Wiktionary
Historical / Ancient Greece: usurper. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
ruler
position
official
ruler
HAS INSTANCE
Dionysius
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
DIFFERENT FROM
ruler
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
dictator
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Aisymnetai, Greek tyrant, Hoi Tyrannoi, Social tyranny, Tryanny, Tyranical Ruler, tyrannical, tyrannies, tyrannis, Tyrannize, Tyrannoi, tyrannos, tyrants, Tyrany, τύραννος

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