Usurper

//juˈsɜɹ.pəɹ//

Synonyms for "usurper" (28 found)

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Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

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derived

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derived from

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is a

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related to

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Translations

63 translations across 41 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • غَاصِب noun (one who usurps)
  • مُبْتَزّ noun (one who usurps)
  • مُغْتَصِب noun (one who usurps)
  • مُنْتَزِع noun (one who usurps)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ուզուրպատոր noun (one who usurps)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • узурпа́тар noun (one who usurps)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • узурпа́тор noun (one who usurps)

Catalan

1 entries
  • usurpador noun (one who usurps)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 僭主 noun (one who usurps)
  • 篡位者 noun (one who usurps)
  • 篡奪者 /篡夺者 noun (one who usurps)
  • 篡權者 /篡权者 noun (one who usurps)

Czech

2 entries
  • uchvatitel noun (one who usurps)
  • uzurpátor noun (one who usurps)

Danish

2 entries
  • tronraner noun (one who usurps)
  • usurpator noun (one who usurps)

Dutch

2 entries
  • machtsovernemer noun (one who usurps)
  • usurpator noun (one who usurps)

Estonian

1 entries
  • usurpaator noun (one who usurps)

Finnish

2 entries
  • usurpaattori noun (one who usurps)
  • vallananastaja noun (one who usurps)

French

2 entries
  • usurpateur noun (one who usurps)
  • usurpatrice noun (one who usurps)

Galician

1 entries
  • usurpador noun (one who usurps)

Georgian

1 entries
  • უზურპატორი noun (one who usurps)

German

2 entries
  • Usurpator noun (one who usurps)
  • Usurpatorin noun (one who usurps)

Greek

1 entries
  • σφετεριστής noun (one who usurps)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • bitorló noun (one who usurps)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • valdaræningi noun (one who usurps)

Ido

3 entries
  • uzurpanto noun (one who usurps)
  • uzurpero noun (one who usurps)
  • uzurpinto noun (one who usurps)

Irish

3 entries
  • anlaith noun (one who usurps)
  • forghabhálaí noun (one who usurps)
  • forlámhaí noun (one who usurps)

Italian

2 entries
  • usurpatore noun (one who usurps)
  • usurpatrice noun (one who usurps)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 簒奪者 noun (one who usurps)

Korean

2 entries
  • 찬탈자 noun (one who usurps)
  • 횡령자 noun (one who usurps)

Latvian

1 entries
  • uzurpators noun (one who usurps)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • uzurpatorius noun (one who usurps)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • узурпа́тор noun (one who usurps)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • usurpator noun (one who usurps)

Polish

1 entries
  • uzurpator noun (one who usurps)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • usurpador noun (one who usurps)

Romanian

1 entries
  • uzurpator noun (one who usurps)

Russian

1 entries
  • узурпа́тор noun (one who usurps)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • uzùrpātor noun (one who usurps)
  • узу̀рпа̄тор noun (one who usurps)

Slovak

2 entries
  • uchvatiteľ noun (one who usurps)
  • uzurpátor noun (one who usurps)

Slovene

1 entries
  • uzurpator noun (one who usurps)

Spanish

1 entries
  • usurpador noun (one who usurps)

Swedish

2 entries
  • kuppmakare noun (one who usurps)
  • usurpator noun (one who usurps)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • mangangangka noun (one who usurps)
  • manggagaga noun (one who usurps)

Turkish

1 entries
  • gaspçı noun (one who usurps)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • узурпа́тор noun (one who usurps)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • uzurpator noun (one who usurps)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אוזורפּאַטאָר noun (one who usurps)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Marcus became a usurper.

Source: tatoeba (2607742)

Let's kill the filthy usurper!

Source: tatoeba (2607757)

The Count was very brief in his greetings, and indicated, as plainly as he could without saying it in so many words, that he did not acknowledge the pretensions of the usurper.

Source: tatoeba (11859815)

The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.

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