Results for usurper

Definitions of usurper:

One who occupies the power or proPerty of another without right,- applied particularly to the taking possession of a throne or sovereignty.

Usage examples for usurper:

• The usurper would find himself in his proper element; and, after acting the patriot and the hero for a due season, as the only means of rescuing the country from the ruin which he had chiefly contributed to bring upon it, would reluctantly and modestly allow himself to be declared 'Protector of the Commonwealth. "The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus", American Anti-Slavery Society

• The unfortunate Conradin was deprived of his crown and his life by the usurper Mainfroy. "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)", Isaac D'Israeli

• The clergyman, who could not hitherto have ejected the usurper of his pulpit otherwise than by bodily force, now addressed her in the tone of just indignation and legitimate authority. "From-Twice-Told-Tales", Hawthorne, Nathaniel

• There will be no freedom in the country, properly speaking, until that Northern usurper is tossed out of the place he occupies. "Daisy in the Field", Elizabeth Wetherell