Usually means: Ruler with absolute power, oppressive.
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  1. tyran: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Tyran, tyran: Wordnik
  3. tyran: Wiktionary
  4. Tyran: Dictionary.com
  5. Tyran: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. tyran: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Tyran, tyran (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. tyran: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. tyran: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Tyran: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. tyran-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Definitions from Wiktionary (tyran)

verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To act tyrannically towards.
noun:  Obsolete form of tyrant. [(historical, Ancient Greece) A usurper; one who gains power and rules extralegally, distinguished from kings elevated by election or succession.]

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