[f. prec. + -ER1.] One who or that which tyrannizes; a tyrant.
1577. Patericke, trans. Gentillet, Pref. A iv b. Small potentates and tyrannizers.
1629. Sir W. Mure, True Crucifix, 2960. Maisters … May learne … To rule aright, not Tyrannizers proue.
1689. Def. Liberty agst. Tyrants, 124. The Tyrannizer of Tyrants, Fear.
1843. Observer, 16 Oct., 2/1. If their Saxon tryannizers attempted by brute force to crush them in their struggle, they would sacrifice their lives as the price.
1882. P. Hood, O. Cromwell, xvii. 226. When the will of the king became the tyrannizer of the country.
