usurpressn.
/juːˈzəːprᵻs/, /jᵿˈzəːprᵻs/, /juːˈsəːprᵻs/, /jᵿˈsəːprᵻs/, U.S. /juˈsərprəs/, /juˈzərprəs/ A female usurper.
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society > authority > office > accession or entering upon office or authority > [noun] > wrongful assumption of office or authority > one who > female
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal assumption of authority > one who
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usurpor1474
usurpator?1530
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation > without right > one who > woman
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1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 26 She is a double Vsurpresse, in detaining not only Elaiana from her right, but [etc.].
c1650 Don Bellianis 210 Faint not, Usurpress of anothers heart, but animate yourself.
1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant 122 She had seized the Kingdome as an Usurpresse by Tyrannie.
1805 Pennant's London 245 An innocent usurpress [sc. Lady Jane Gray] succeeded to her apartments in 1553.
1873 W. H. Dixon Hist. Two Queens I. i. viii. 56 The Austrians..detested Isabel as a usurpress.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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