tyraunt

== English == === Noun === tyraunt (plural tyraunts) Obsolete form of tyrant. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === tyraunte, tiraunt, tirant, tyrant, tyrante, teraunt, tyran, terant, terraunte, tyrand, tyranne === Etymology === From Old French tirant, tyrant, tiran, from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtiːrau̯nt/, /ˈtiːrant/, /ˈtirant/, /ˈtirau̯nt/, /-an/ === Noun === tyraunt (plural tyrauntis) An absolute monarch; one who rules in despotism. c. 1374, Geoffrey Chaucer translating Boëthius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ, III v 59: 1382, Wycliffe's Bible, Dan. 1:3: A monarch who is evil, merciless, or unfair. c. 1290, in the South-English Legendary (MS Laud 108), I 128: A ruler who takes over a nation or usurps. One who suppresses or oppresses the followers of a creed. A scoundrel or malfeasant; one who is merciless, unfair, or evil. ==== Related terms ==== tirannye tyraundise tyrauntly tyrauntrie ==== Descendants ==== English: tyrant Scots: tirran, tarran ==== References ==== “tī̆raunt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 April 2019. === Adjective === tyraunt Relating to a tyrant. Tyrannical, harsh. ==== Descendants ==== English: tyrant ==== References ==== “tī̆raunt, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 April 2019.