Definitions for: Usurper


[n] one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: supplanter

See Also: claim jumper, offender, wrongdoer

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