WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -tyrant, Greek tyrannos, a cruel and oppressive ruler or, in ancient Greece, a ruler who seized power unconstitutionally or inherited such power.

Detailed explanation-2: -: a ruler who has complete power over a country and who is cruel and unfair.

Detailed explanation-3: -tyranny, in the Greco-Roman world, an autocratic form of rule in which one individual exercised power without any legal restraint.

Detailed explanation-4: -a sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly. any person in a position of authority who exercises power oppressively or despotically.

Detailed explanation-5: -In a tyranny, the ruling power is in the hands of one person who is not a lawful king. A tyranny is different from a monarchy in two ways. First tyrant cannot claim that he has a legal right to rule. Second, a tyrant’s son does not usually inherit his father’s power.