Usurper Synonyms

One who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. supplanter

Words Related to Usurper

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. tyrant
  2. commodus
  3. despot
  4. conqueror
  5. allectus
  6. caratacus
  7. traitor
  8. usurpation
  9. vassal
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Usurper Sentence Examples

  • When the usurper was in turn driven out by a Cyprian noble, Evagoras, fearing that his life was in danger, fled to Cilicia.

  • That monarch, Ba-ggi-daw, however, was obliged in 1837 to yield the throne to a usurper who appeared in the person of his brother, Tharrawaddi (Tharawadi).

  • During the contests for the sovereignty between the usurper and the legal heir, the leader of the royal party, Hansraj, the governor of Mandvi, sought the aid of the British.

  • Having defeated and put the usurper to death, he returned to the capital.

  • Of late there have happily appeared some decorators who prefer to choose their subjects from the natural field in which their great predecessors excelled, and there is reason to hope that this more congenial and more pleasing style will supplant its modern usurper.

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