HOW TO PRONOUNCE
usurper
/juˈsɜɹ.pəɹ/
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What does usurper mean?
noun
- One who usurps.
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And here be it said, that the Greenland whale is an usurper upon the throne of the seas.
To dream that you are a usurper, foretells you will have trouble in establishing a good title to property.
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Of the political usurper he demanded the restoration of the liberties of the people of Florence.
“And believe me, they are reaping the reward of their betrayal of the Bourbon cause. The sovereigns! Why, they are sending ambassadors to compliment the usurper.”
And whatever oath or the like to usurper church or usurper king has been set up to bar access to service, is an oath imposed under duress.