[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tyrannus
     n : type genus of the tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers syn: genus
         tyrannus
see also:
genus tyrannus 

[2] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

tyrannus
   prince, a greek rhetorician, in whose "school" at ephesus paul
   disputed daily for the space of two years with those who came to
   him acts 19:9. some have supposed that he was a jew, and that
   his "school" was a private synagogue.
   

[3] : Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

tyrannus, a prince; one that reigns

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