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Grammar : Noun
Spell : yoo-surp, -zurp
Phonetic Transcription : yuˈsɜrp, -ˈzɜrp

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Définition of usurper

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French usurper, from Latin usurpare "make use of, seize for use," in Late Latin "to assume unlawfully," from usus "a use" (see use) + rapere "to seize" (see rapid). Related: Usurped; usurping.
  • As in strongman : noun dictator
  • As in dictator : noun absolute ruler
Example sentences :
  • Usurpation is then an easy attainment, and an usurper soon found.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • He instances Archelaus, son of Perdiccas, the usurper of Macedonia.
  • Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
  • The usurper Amusis is dead and the whole land has risen against you.
  • Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
  • They'll fight to the death, and every one of them is good for' at least three of the usurper Lincoln's minions.
  • Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) » by John McElroy
  • I don't want to be deemed a usurper, but a legitimate monarch.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • They came to the mission and complained about it, but they never withstood the usurper.
  • Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck
  • That Maurice Gorman was a villain and a usurper was evident.
  • Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • I was not an usurper: they may say so as long as they like; nobody will believe them.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I » by Fleury de Chaboulon.
  • This also went in favour of the usurper, and a loss of 10,000 men inflicted.
  • Extract from : « General Gordon » by J. Wardle
  • I will say nought against my usurper, although the Queen may have come to her own again.
  • Extract from : « Simon Dale » by Anthony Hope

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