Meaning of USURPER
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| | Definition: | | [n] one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another |
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| | Synonyms: | | supplanter |
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| | See Also: | | claim jumper, offender, wrongdoer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \U*surp"er\, n.
One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on
sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of
the rights of a patron.
A crown will not want pretenders to claim it, not
usurpers, if their power serves them, to possess it.
--South.
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