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Meanings of supplanter in English

Portuguese
usurpador
Catalan
usurpador

One who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another.

usurpador
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Examples for "usurper"
Examples for "usurper"
1
All the inhabitants had assembled in the same place, awaiting the usurper.
The Daughter of the Commandant
2
The circumstances were these: A usurper had seized upon the Byzantine throne.
General History for Colleges and High Schools
3
Point me, kind and generous Madoc, to the harbour of the usurper.
Imogen: A Pastoral Romance
4
One usurper will be changed for another, and he still in exile.
The White Queen
5
The usurper, Huerta, is becoming more of a menace all the time.
Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz: Fighting with the U.S. Navy in Mexico
Usage of supplanter in English
1
There was neither jealousy nor envy in my feelings toward my supplanter.
The Doctor's Dilemma
2
Assuredly I have a certain right to ask who my supplanter is.
The Grey Lady
3
The whole current of her wrath turned upon the supplanter, this Lord Dawlish.
Uneasy Money
4
Could I forget my Beach supplanter, my giver of colds in the head?
V. V.'s Eyes
5
He is rightly named James, or Jacob, for he is a base supplanter!'
The Carved Cupboard
6
I cannot, though, in honor hold any fief under the supplanter of my liege-lord.
The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes)
7
A camp of ideals, not a summer hotel nor a supplanter of the home.
Camping For Boys
8
Perkinson's niece, whom Ethel knew to be Cherry's intended supplanter.
The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations
9
Oh, it was hard to give up so much to so unworthy a supplanter!
The Fortunes of the Farrells
10
For thou art become my supplanter, and hast taken thy place with yonder lovely tyrant.
The Wood Beyond the World
11
There is always a 'supplanter'-whenthe time is ripe.
The Testing of Diana Mallory
12
The supplanter had failed to control the Indians.
Pathfinders of the West / Being the Thrilling Story of the Adven...
13
And he could but helplessly watch his supplanter's steady advance in favour with men and God.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut...
14
He now stood proudly erect before the supplanter, who was somewhat stunned by this unexpected issue.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
15
In January 1536 the deeply-injured Katharine died; to be followed ere many months had passed by her supplanter.
England under the Tudors
16
The supplanter proved as bold as the man he had supplanted-stern"patriot" as Wilkes had been.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
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Translations for supplanter
Portuguese
usurpador
Catalan
usurpador
Supplanter through the time