tyrant

noun

a cruel and oppressive dictator
残酷なまた圧制的な独裁者
any person who exercises power in a cruel way
容赦のない方法で力を訓練する人
- his father was a tyrant
  彼の父親は暴君だった
in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it
古代ギリシャで、権力に対する法的権利なしで権力をつかんだ統治者

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