Tyrant vs Lord - What's the difference?
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(historic, ancient Greece) A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.
* (Robert Mannyng), , 51:
* , III v 59:
* , III iii 71:
* 1980 , Michel Austin & al., Economic and Social History of Ancient Greece , 142:
* 1996 , Roger Boesche, Theories of Tyranny, from Plato to Arendt , 4:
(obsolete) Any monarch or governor.
* Richard Rolle, Psalter , XXXII 10:
* 1382 , (w, Wycliffe's Bible), I 3:
* 1737 , William Whiston translating (Josephus), (History of the Jewish Wars) , I xii §2:
A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
* 1297 , , Chronicle , 7689:
* John Fortescue, Works , 453:
* 1587 , Philip Sidney and Arthur Golding, A woorke concerning the trewnesse of the christian religion , translating Philippe De Mornay, XII 196:
* , V iv 5:
* 1888 , James Bryce, The American Commonweath , I iv 42:
(by extension) Any person who abuses the power of position or office to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
* in the South-English Legendary (MS Laud 108), I 128:
* (William Shakespeare), (The Tempest) , II ii 161:
* 1817 , Mary Mitford in Alfred L'Estrange, The life of Mary Russell Mitford (1870), II i 2
(by extension) A villain; a person or thing who uses strength or violence to treat others unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
* 1377 , William Langland, (Piers Plowman) , I 199:
* William Dunbar, Poems , 95:
* 1526 , (w, Tyndale's Bible), I 13:
* 1528 , Thomas Paynell translating Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano, Regimen Sanitatis Salerni :
* (William Shakespeare), (The Tragedie of Cymbeline) , I i 85:
* 1847 , A. Helps, Friends in Council , I viii 132:
The tyrant birds, members of the family , which often fight or drive off other birds which approach their nests.
* 1731 , Mark Catesby, The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands , I 55:
* Swainson, Penny Cyclopaedia , XXI 415 2:
* 1895 , Alfred Newton, A Dictionary of Birds :
(uncommon) Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.
* 1297 , Robert of Gloucester, Chronicles , 8005:
* John Rastell, Pastyme of People
* (William Shakespeare), (As you Like it) , I ii 278:
* 1775 , Abigail Adams, letter in Familiar Letters of John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams, during the Revolution (1876), 124:
(label) The master of the servants of a household; (label) the master of a feudal manor
*c. 950 , (Lindisfarne Gospels), Matt. xxiv. 46
*:Eadig ðe]] ðone miððy cymes hlaferd his on-fand sua [[doing, doende.
*1611 , (King James Bible), Matt. xxiv. 46
*:Ble??ed]] is that finde [[so, ?o doing.
*1600 , (William Shakespeare), , iii. ii. 167 ff.
*:Por . ...But now, I was the Lord
*:of this faire man?ion]], of my [[servants, ?eruants,
*:Queene]] oer [[myself, my ?elfe...
*1794 , E. Christian in (William Blackstone), (Commentaries on the Laws of England) , II. 418
*:Lords of manors are distinguished from other land-owners with regard to the game.
#(label) The male head of a household, a father or husband.
#*831 , charter in Henry Sweet, The oldest English texts , 445
#*:Ymbe ðet lond et cert ðe hire eðelmod hire hlabard salde.
#*1594 , (William Shakespeare), "(The Rape of Lucrece)"
#*:...thou worthie Lord ,
#*:Of that vnworthie]] wife that [[greets, greeteth thee
#*c. 1591 , (William Shakespeare), (The Taming of the Shrew) (1623), v. ii. 131 f.
#*:Pet. Katherine , I charge thee, tell the?e]] [[head-strong, head-?trong women,
#*:What dutie]] they doe owe their Lords and [[husbands, hu?bands!
#*1611 , (King James Bible), Gen. xviii. 12
#*:Therefore Sarah laughed within her ?elfe]], , my lord being old [[also, al?o?
#*1816 , (Jane Austen), , III. xvi. 300
#*:Yes, here I am, my good friend; and here I have been so long, that anywhere else I should think it necessary to apologise; but, the truth is, that I am waiting for my lord and master.
#(label) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
#*ante'' 1300 , ''Cursor Mundi , 601 f.
#*:Als]] oure lauerd has [[heaven, heuen in hand
#*:Sua]] [[should, suld man be lauerd of land.
#*1480 , Waterford Archives in the 10th Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1885), App. v. 316
#*:All suche lordes as have gutters betuxte]] [[their, thar houses.
#*ante'' 1637 , (Ben Jonson), ''Sad Shepherd , ii. i. 36
#*:A mightie Lord of Swine!
#*1697 , (John Dryden) translating (Publius Virgilius Maro)'s Æneis , xii
#*:Turnus...
#*:Wrench'd from his feeble hold the shining Sword;
#*:And plung'd it in the Bosom of its Lord .
#*1874 , J. H. Collins, Principles of Metal Mining (1875), Gloss. 139/2
#*:Lord''''', the owner of the land in which a mine is situated is called the ‘' lord ’.
One possessing similar mastery over others; (label) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler
*c. 893 , Orosius's History , i. i. §13
*:Ohthere sæde his hlaforde , Ælfrede cyninge, þæt...
* 1530 , John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement , 680/1
* 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost) , xii. 70
# (label) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king
# A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
#* ante 1375 , William of Palerne (1867), l.4539
#* ante'' 1420 , T. Hoccleve, ''De Regimine Principum , 442
#* 1453 , Rolls of Parliament, V. 266/2
#* 1597 , (William Shakespeare), (The life and death of King Richard the Second) , iv.i.18
#* 1614 , J. Selden, Titles of Honor , 59
#* 1900 July 21, Daily Express , 5/7
# A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones
#* 1526 , W. Bonde, Pylgrimage of Perfection , i. sig. Bviiiv
#* 1826 , (Benjamin Disraeli), Vivian Grey , II. iii. iii. 26
One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
* ante'' 1300 , ''Cursor Mundi , 782
* 1398 , John Trevisa translating Bartholomew de Glanville's De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495), viii. xvi. 322
* 1992 November 18, (Larry David), (Seinfeld) , 4.11: "(The Contest)":
# The magnates of a trade or profession
#* 1823 , W. Cobbett, Rural Rides (1885), I. 399
(label) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time,
* (Geoffrey Chaucer), Treatise on the Astrolabe , ii. §4:
A hunchback.
*1699 , B.E., A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew :
Sixpence.
* 1933 November 16, Times Literary Supplement , 782/1:
Domineer or act like a lord.
(label) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.
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As a noun tyrant
is (historic|ancient greece) a usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.As an adjective tyrant
is (uncommon) tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.As a verb tyrant
is (obsolete) to act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical.As a proper noun lord is
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English
(wikipedia tyrant) (Tyrant flycatcher) (Tyrannidae)Noun
(en noun)- A bastard no kyngdom]] suld hald Bot if he it wan... Of tirant or of [[Saracen, Sarazin.
- A tyraunt þat]] was kyng of [[Sicily, sysile.
- To proue]] him Tyrant , this reason may suffice, That Henry [[liveth, liueth still.
- The reappearance of tyranny [in the 4th century BC] had many reasons... one of the main causes was the development of antagonism between rich and poor; tyrants came to power exploiting a social and political imbalance within the state.
- Ancient Greek tyrannies appeared once more in great numbers with the breakdown of the polis in the period from the fourth to the second centuries
[ BC] . These later tyrannies tended to rely on a more narrow class base and to use a brutal military rule, and thus writers could use the words tyrant'' and ''tyranny , with their modern connotations of evil and cruelty, to describe them accurately.
- Princes, þat]] is,... tirauntis of [[world, warld.
- The sonys]] of Yrael, and of the [[king's, kyngus bloode, and the children of tyrauntis .
- Cassius... set tyrants over all Syria.
- To hom]] [[withsaid, wiþsede strong tirant & wilde.
- Whan]] a Kyng rulith his Realme onely to his own profytt, and not to the good of his Subgetts, he [[is, ys a Tyraunte .
- Tyrannes ...be but Gods]] scourges which he will cast into the [[fire, fyre when he hath done with them.
- I am the Sonne]] of Marcus Cato, hoe.
A Foe to Tyrants , and my [[country's, Countries Friend.
- They
[ to play the tyrant , and which rendered English liberty, as they thought, far inferior to that which the constitutions of their own States secured.
- Ore]] louerd helpe weren alle is [[few, fon!
- A plague vpon]] the Tyrant that I [[serve, serue
- a sad tyrant , as my friends the Democrats sometimes are.
- Attache]] þo tyrauntz ...And fettereth fast falsenesse...And gurdeth of gyles [[hid, hed.
- That strang]] [[unmerciful, vnmercifull tyrand
[ Death].
- I was a blasphemar, and a persecuter, and a tyraunt .
- A pike (called the tyranne of fishes).
- O dissembling Curtesie! How fine this Tyrant Can tickle where she wounds?
- Public opinion, the greatest tyrant of these times.
- The Tyrant ... The courage of this little Bird is singular.
- The lesser tyrants' (''Tyrannulæ'') are spread over the whole of America, where they represent the true flycatcher... The ' tyrants are bold and quarrelsome birds, particularly during the season of incubation.
- Tyrant or Tyrant-bird, Catesby applied it solely to...the King-bird..., but apparently as much in reference to its bright crown...as to its tyrannical behaviour to other birds.
Synonyms
* (Greek ruler) archon, basileus, aisymnetes * (unjust or strict ruler or superior) autocrat, dictator, despot, martinet * (bird) tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant shrike, king bird, bee martinDerived terms
* tyrant-air * tyrant-bird * tyrant-chat * tyrant-craft * tyrantess (female form ) * tyrant-fish * tyrant-flycatcher * tyrant-hater * tyrant-hating * tyrant-killer * tyrant-killing * tyrant-kind * tyrant-like * tyrant-murder * Tyrant period * tyrant-queller * tyrant-quelling * tyrant-ridden * tyrant-scouraging * tyrant-shrike * tyrant-slayer * tyrant-tamer * tyrant-wrenAdjective
(head)- Milce nas þer mid him [King William] non...Ac as a tirant tormentor in speche]] & ek in [[deed, dede.
- He was most tirant & cruell of all emperours.
- Thus must I from the smoake]] into the smother,
From tyrant' Duke, [[unto, vnto a ' tyrant Brother.
- ...a reconciliation between our no longer parent state, but tyrant state, and these colonies.
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English
(Lord)Noun
(en noun)- It is a pytuouse]] case... whan subjectes rebell [[against, agaynst their naturall lorde .
- Man over men He made not Lord .
- To fare out as fast with his fader to speke, & with lordesse of þat]] [[land, lond.
- Men myghten lordis knowe
- By there]] arraye, from [[other, oþir folke.
- If such persone bee of the estate of a Lord , as Duc]], Marques, Erle, Viscount or [[baron, Baron.
- Princes, and noble Lords :
- What an?wer]] I make to this [[base, ba?e man?
- Our English name Lord , whereby we and the Scots stile]] all such as are of the Greater [[nobility, Nobilitie i. Barons, as also Bishops.
- The Englishman of to-day still dearly loves a lord .
- Farre]] excellyng the state of lordes , erles, dukes or [[kings, kynges.
- The Marquess played off the two Lords and the Baronet against his former friend.
- O wityng bath]] [[good, god and ill ?ee suld be lauerds at ?our will.
- The sonne]] is the lorde of [[planets, planetes.
- 1697 , (John Dryden) translating (Publius Virgilius Maro) as (Georgics) , iii
- Love is Lord of all.
- But are you still master of your domain?
- I am king of the county. You?
- Lord of the manor.
- Oh, Oh! The cotton Lords are tearing!
- The assendent]], & eke the lord of the assendent, may be shapen for to be fortunat or infortunat, as thus, a fortunat assendent clepen they whan hows of the [[ascendant, assendent.
- Lord , a very crooked, deformed... Person.
- Twenty years ago you might hear a sixpence described as a ‘Lord ’ meaning ‘Lord of the Manor’; that is, a tanner.
Derived terms
* lord mesne, lord paramount, lord in gross, lord of the manor * House of Lords, Lords Temporal, Lords Spiritual * drunk as a lord * lord-in-waiting, lord of the bedchamber, lord superior * lords of creation * warlord * landlord * lord-fishSynonyms
* drighten, possessor, proprietor, sovereignSee also
* ladyVerb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)