View synonyms for usurper

usurper

[ yoo-sur-per, -zur‐ ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

someone who seizes an office or position of power by force or without legal right, or who is perceived to have done so:
The usurper Vitigis gathered his army together and laid siege to Rome.

Origin of usurper¹

First recorded in 1400–50; usurp ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

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