0 a person who usurps (= takes control of) something, especially a position of power, without having the right: --
He was considered a tyrant and usurper by his opponents.
He engages in guerrilla tactics that eventually bring down the mercenary usurpers.
The figures represent two of the king's soldiers, the king himself standing over a fallen usurper and captives of several nations possibly dissidents, or co-conspirators.
His reign marks the inauguration of a new historical phase following the turmoil of the competing claims of the seven usurpers who preceded him.
In both versions he was the legitimate heir apparent and as such a potential danger to his usurper uncle.
I admit that we were usurpers at that time.
This is why, by doing it, you have become usurpers.
Therefore, they are illegally imposed by usurpers of fundamental human rights.
The owners of the stolen oil, the usurpers of the property of widows and orphans, have become complete robbers.
