unseater

plural unseaters

1. Someone who unseats (in various senses).

   He was a natural-born unseater of kings, and a throne to him, as a Territorian, was useful only as kindling.

   1994, Greg Matthews, The Wisdom of Stones, New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, page 331

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   Messiah is a debatable word, but an element in it has always been that of political leader, unseater of the powers that be.

   1979, Ronald Eyre, Ronald Eyre on the Long Search: Ronald Eyre's Own Account of a Three-Year Journey, Glasgow: Collins, →ISBN, page 219

   Ordinary form but a most eventful race in which the picture changed dramatically near the finish. The unseaters are rated as having finished first and second with the first three close to previous form, but the fourth home may be the best long-term proposition.

   2009, The Form Book Flat Annual for 2009, Compton, Berkshire: Raceform Ltd., →ISBN, page 506

   Emmerson Mnangagwa, who went from being [Robert] Mugabe's right-hand man to his unseater, has taken the reins.

   2018 July 14, Max Bearak, “Mugabe is gone. But his tactics persist in Zimbabwe's first election without him.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2022