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The word derives from [[Latin]] ''tyrannus'' meaning "illegitimate ruler", and ultimately from Greek τύραννος ''tyrannos'', meaning "sovereign, master", although the latter was not pejorative and applicable to both good and bad leaders alike.
 
The word derives from [[Latin]] ''tyrannus'' meaning "illegitimate ruler", and ultimately from Greek τύραννος ''tyrannos'', meaning "sovereign, master", although the latter was not pejorative and applicable to both good and bad leaders alike.
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* [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=tyrant Tyrant - Online Etymology Dictionary]
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* [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tyrant Tyrant - Definitions from Dictionary.com]
      
== Historical forms ==
 
== Historical forms ==

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