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