Meaning

1 senses

  1. One who usurps.

    Usurpator, Usurpatorin

    узурпа́торuzurpátor

    узурпа́торuzurpátor

More definitions
  • one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Marcus became a usurper.

    Маркус став узурпатором.

    ruМаркус стал узурпатором.

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  2. Traitors who prevail are patriots; usurpers who succeed are divine emperors.

    deVerräter, die siegen, sind Patrioten, Thronräuber, die erfolgreich sind, göttliche Kaiser.

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  3. Let's kill the filthy usurper!

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Translations

9 languages
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Русский
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one who usurps:
Deutsch
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one who usurps:

Origin

From Middle English usurper, usurpour, usurpur, from Middle French usurpeur; equivalent to

From Middle English usurper, usurpour, usurpur, from Middle French usurpeur; equivalent to usurp + -er.

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Forms

plural: usurpers
Singularusurper
Pluralusurpers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
usurpator
Close in meaning
  • one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another:supplanter

Word family

3 related words
Relatedusurp
Derivedusurpershipusurpress

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
usualA2usuallyA1usurpusuryutensilC1uterine
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