Definition of Usurper. Meaning of Usurper. Synonyms of Usurper

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Definition of Usurper

Usurper
Usurper U*surp"er, n. One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron. A crown will not want pretenders to claim it, not usurpers, if their power serves them, to possess it. --South.

Meaning of Usurper from wikipedia

- point. The dictionary definition of usurper at Wiktionary Coup d'état Embezzlement Misappropriation Roman usurper Key, T. Hewitt (1855). "On the Derivation...
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- A usurper is a person who makes an illegitimate or controversial claim to power. Look up usurper, usurp, or usurpation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary...
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- Procopius (Ancient Gr****: Προκόπιος; 326 – 27 May 366) was a Roman usurper against Valens. Procopius was a native of Cilicia and born in Corycus around...
- Appius Claudius Censorinus was a fictitious usurper against Roman Emperor Claudius II, (in ca AD 269) according to the unreliable Historia Augusta. He...