Plural of tyrant
regular plural
The plural of tyrant is tyrants.
Forms of tyrant
| Singular | tyrant /ˈtaɪɹənt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | tyrants |
| Countable | countable |
Tyrants in a sentence
- Such a glazer for the most evil tyrants in the world.2024 January 21, u/JamIsJam88, “Trump Suggests He'll Leave Taiwan to China”, in Reddit, r/WhitePeopleTwitter, archived from the original…. From the entry glazer
- Richard's tomblessness in Corbett's account serves as a sharp lesson to would-be tyrants.2013, Philip Schwyzer, Shakespeare and the Remains of Richard III, page 34. From the entry tomblessness
- Tyrants want praise so much they demand it by the stadiumful, but forced praise is near screams and weeping.2007, Willis Goth Regier, In Praise of Flattery, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry stadiumful
- Most tyrants on seizing power start off by murdering the aristocracy; so conservatives are as tyrannophobe as democrats, and Dion was all that they admired.2015, Mary Renault, The Mask of Apollo: A Virago Modern Classic, →ISBN. From the entry tyrannophobe
- Unimaginable amounts of suffering have been caused by tyrants who callously presided over the immiseration of their peoples or launched destructive wars of conquest.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has Declined, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, published 2012, →ISBN…. From the entry immiseration
Meaning of tyrant
- noun A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.
- noun Any monarch or governor.
- noun A despot; a ruler who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly.
Questions about the plural of tyrant
- What is the plural of tyrant?
- The plural of tyrant is tyrants.
- Is tyrant countable?
- Tyrant is a countable noun.
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