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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  usurper 
  n  :  one  who  wrongfully  or  illegally  seizes  and  holds  the  place 
  of  another  [syn:  {supplanter}] 




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