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Supplanter

noun

One who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another. Synonym: usurper.

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"Supplanter" Quotes from Famous Books

... go disguised—in some dead name And enter by the leetle, sly, chair-door Designed for those not welcomed openly. There unobserved I'll note mine new supplanter! 'Tis indiscreet? Let indiscretion rule, Since caution pensions me ...

— The Dynasts - An Epic-Drama Of The War With Napoleon, In Three Parts, - Nineteen Acts, And One Hundred And Thirty Scenes • Thomas Hardy

... "supplanter," or one who takes the place of another, and Jacob acted up to the meaning of his name at the first opportunity. It came about ...

— The Farmer Boy; the Story of Jacob • J. H. Willard

... re-engaged by her old employers, her supplanter having proved unsatisfactory, and as the work lay in a distant street, she usually took the kid with her, thus leaving no one to spy on Tammy's movements. Reddy's reward for not playing him false, however, did not reach ...

— Sentimental Tommy - The Story of His Boyhood • J. M. Barrie

Words linked to "Supplanter" : supplant, offender, wrongdoer, usurper, claim jumper