usurper

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), usurpour, usurpur, from Middle French usurpeur; equivalent to usurp +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /juˈsɜɹpɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)pə(ɹ)

usurper (plural usurpers)

1. One who usurps.

   Synonym: usurpator

   • 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)‎:

     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.

• usurpress

• pursuer

Learned borrowing from Latin ūsūrpō.

• IPA^(key): /y.zyʁ.pe/

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usurper

1. to usurp

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• usurpateur
• usurpation

• “usurper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /uːˈsuːr.per/, [uːˈs̠uːrpɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uˈsur.per/, [uˈs̬urper]

ūsūrper

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ūsūrpō