Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Usurper

U-surp′er

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Usurper

USURP'ER

,
Noun.
One who seizes or occupies the property of another without right; as the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.

Similar Results