tyrannus

2 definitions found

tyrannus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Tyrannus
      n 1: type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers [syn:
           Tyrannus, genus Tyrannus]

tyrannus - 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.