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petty tyrant

noun as in paper tiger

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Here is that will arm in your defence those more mighty than the petty tyrant whom you fear.

She managed it somehow completely, and was in consequence a kind of petty tyrant in the nursery.

He delineated the servile dogmas of the Feudal code, each manor being the miniature kingdom of a petty tyrant.

Personally, they liked Lovelace; but they were bound to consider him as the representative of a petty tyrant.

Abner Holden exulted in this knowledge, and with the instinct of a petty tyrant determined to let Herbert realize his dependence.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to petty tyrant, such as: empty suit, hollow man, man of straw, straw man, and tin god.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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