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# usurper

noun (usurper, usurpers)

«usurper» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A usurper is a person who takes a throne or power by force, without the right to it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usurper/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales the wicked person who has seized the throne, and whom the good hero must defeat

### Examples

- Their rage with the usurper was great, however, in proportion to his crime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usurper/#x1)
- The people hated the usurper who had seized the throne. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usurper/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «usurper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/usurper/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«usurper» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/usurper.html) on Mova free.