Meanings
plural usurpers
- One who usurps.
1 more example
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.
2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)Synonyms: usurpator
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who usurps.
More synonyms by meaning
nounone who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchusurpeur
- Middle Englishusurper
- Englishusurper
From Middle English usurper, usurpour, usurpur, from Middle French usurpeur; equivalent to usurp + -er.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غَاصِب, مُبْتَزّ
- غَاصِب (ḡāṣib)one who usurps
- مُبْتَزّ (mubtazz)one who usurps
- مُغْتَصِب (muḡtaṣib)one who usurps
- مُنْتَزِع (muntaziʕ)one who usurps
Bulgarian узурпа́тор
- узурпа́тор (uzurpátor)one who usurps
Catalan usurpador
- usurpadorone who usurps
Chinese Mandarin 僭主, 篡位者
- 僭主 (jiànzhǔ)one who usurps
- 篡位者 (cuànwèizhě)one who usurps
- 篡奪者 /篡夺者 (cuànduózhě)one who usurps
- 篡權者 /篡权者 (cuànquánzhě)one who usurps
Czech uzurpátor, uchvatitel
- uzurpátorone who usurps
- uchvatitelone who usurps
Danish tronraner, usurpator
- tronranerone who usurps
- usurpatorone who usurps
Dutch usurpator, machtsovernemer
- usurpatorone who usurps
- machtsovernemerone who usurps
Estonian usurpaator
- usurpaatorone who usurps
Finnish vallananastaja, usurpaattori
- vallananastajaone who usurps
- usurpaattorione who usurps
French usurpateur, usurpatrice
- usurpateurone who usurps
- usurpatriceone who usurps
German Usurpator, Usurpatorin
- Usurpatorone who usurps
- Usurpatorinone who usurps
Greek σφετεριστής
- σφετεριστής (sfeteristís)one who usurps
Hungarian bitorló
- bitorlóone who usurps
Icelandic valdaræningi
- valdaræningione who usurps
Irish anlaith, forghabhálaí
- anlaithone who usurps
- forghabhálaíone who usurps
- forlámhaíone who usurps
Italian usurpatore, usurpatrice
- usurpatoreone who usurps
- usurpatriceone who usurps
Japanese 簒奪者
- 簒奪者 (sandatsusha)one who usurps
Korean 횡령자, 찬탈자
- 횡령자 (hoengnyeongja)one who usurps
- 찬탈자 (chantalja)one who usurps
Latvian uzurpators
- uzurpatorsone who usurps
Lithuanian uzurpatorius
- uzurpatoriusone who usurps
Norwegian Bokmål usurpator
- usurpatorone who usurps
Polish uzurpator
- uzurpatorone who usurps
Portuguese usurpador
- usurpadorone who usurps
Romanian uzurpator
- uzurpatorone who usurps
Russian узурпа́тор
- узурпа́тор (uzurpátor)one who usurps
Slovak uzurpátor, uchvatiteľ
- uzurpátorone who usurps
- uchvatiteľone who usurps
Spanish usurpador
- usurpadorone who usurps
Swedish usurpator, kuppmakare
- usurpatorone who usurps
- kuppmakareone who usurps
Tagalog manggagaga, mangangangka
- manggagagaone who usurps
- mangangangkaone who usurps
Turkish gaspçı
- gaspçıone who usurps
Ukrainian узурпа́тор
- узурпа́тор (uzurpátor)one who usurps
Yiddish אוזורפּאַטאָר
- אוזורפּאַטאָר (uzurpator)one who usurps
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Cite this entry
usurper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/usurper
“usurper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/usurper. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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