Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who dethrones.

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  • noun One who dethrones.

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  • noun One who dethrones.

Etymologies

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dethrone +‎ -er

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Examples

  • At this time they were erecting a column on the heights, on which, we understood from the fishing-boats, an equestrian statue of that great dethroner, Bonaparte, was to be placed.

    A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman

  • We cannot, therefore, help admiring that young girl, who formerly ran errands for her mother who, being made the concubine of an emperor, became the mother of an emperor, the wife of an emperor, the maker of an emperor, the dethroner of an emperor, and the ruler of China for nearly half a century -- all this in a land where woman has no standing or power.

    Court Life In China 1909

  • We cannot, therefore, help admiring that young girl, who formerly ran errands for her mother who, being made the concubine of an emperor, became the mother of an emperor, the wife of an emperor, the maker of an emperor, the dethroner of an emperor, and the ruler of China for nearly half a century -- all this in a land where woman has no standing or power.

    Court Life in China Isaac Taylor Headland 1900

  • Cyrus, the great founder of the Persian empire, first the subject and afterward the dethroner of the Median Astyages, corresponds to their general description, as far, at least, as we can pretend to know his history.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885

  • What if he succeed; what if we be driven into exile, as Henry's friends before us; what if the king-maker be the king-dethroner?

    The Last of the Barons — Volume 10 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Henry's friends before us; what if the king-maker be the king-dethroner?

    The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Woe! woe! for Olympus in ruins, and Time the dethroner of deities! "

    The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance F. Anstey 1895

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