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n. - One who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another.

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  • February 15th, 2010 at 11: 06 pm dbadass says: usurper is a good one …
  • Indirectly, the usurper is funding my ambitions. posted by Lisa at 8: 58 PM
  • Ah, she shall accustom herself to recognize me, whom she calls a usurper, as emperor, and peer of other sovereigns.
  • "There will be no freedom in the country, properly speaking, until that Northern usurper is tossed out of the place he occupies."
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