usurper

A noun referring to a person who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the position or power of another.

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1. Illegitimate Seizer of Power C1 formal

   A person who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the position, authority, or property of another, especially a throne or political power.

   • The usurper was overthrown after a brief and tyrannical reign.
   • History remembers him not as a king, but as a ruthless usurper.
   • The rightful heir gathered an army to reclaim the throne from the usurper.

   ruУзурпаторesUsurpadorfrusurpateurdeUsurpatorptUsurpadorzh篡位者arالغازب للسلطة

   Synonyme: interloperintruderinvaderpretendersquattersupplanter

• usurpers plural form
• usurpers' possessive plural form
• usurper's possessive singular form