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# usurper

«usurper» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who takes a throne or power by force, without…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (usurper, usurpers)

### meaning for a pupil

A usurper is a person who takes a throne or power by force, without the right to it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usurper/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales the wicked person who has seized the throne, and whom the good hero must defeat

### examples

- Their rage with the usurper was great, however, in proportion to his crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usurper/#x1)
- The people hated the usurper who had seized the throne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usurper/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «usurper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usurper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.