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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Tyrann, from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos).
Pronunciation
Noun
тира́н • (tirán) m anim (genitive тира́на, nominative plural тира́ны, genitive plural тира́нов)
- tyrant (also figurative)
1983, Samuil Marshak, Баллада о королевском бутерброде [Ballad of the King's Bread], translation of The King’s Breakfast by A. A. Milne:
- bully
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