tyrant
/ˈtaɪɹənt/ adjective C2- Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.
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I won’t remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations.” The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
“Spada knew what these invitations meant; since Christianity, so eminently civilizing, had made progress in Rome, it was no longer a centurion who came from the tyrant with a message, ‘Cæsar wills that you die.’ but it was a legate à latere, who came with a smile on his lips to say from the pope, ‘His holiness requests you to dine with him.’
Sometimes I wonder if she has a guilty memory which haunts her, and sometimes I suspect Barrymore of being a domestic tyrant.
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