supplanter


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Noun1.Supplanter - one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of anothersupplanter - one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law
claim jumper - one who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim
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References in classic literature ?
The whole current of her wrath turned upon the supplanter, this Lord Dawlish.
Tanger-Med qui creve l'ecran par la serie de prouesses, est en passe de supplanter les plus huppes des poles portuaires de la planete.
Le Creponne "made in Oran" a reussi a supplanter les autres aromes vanille, chocolat, pistache, framboises et autres.
Mr Paupanakis had put up with the neglectful treatment he had been receiving at the hands of the authorities of the I[ndian] B[oarding] S[chool] for some time, but to-day, on seeing Mr Martin playing the Jacobean role viz that of supplanter, his indignation was poured forth in denunciatory words before the whole congregation, and, refusing to be pacified, the Rev.
Mattingly, author of Catherine of Aragon (1941) and sympathetic to Henry VIII's first Queen as expected, was harsh in his assessment of her supplanter. He, like Moresby, made much of Anne's malformed finger.
En effet, << [l]e legislateur, en reconnaissant que le but durable poursuivi par les indivisaires peut l'emporter sur le droit de provoquer le partage, admet implicitement que le collectif peut supplanter l'individuel >> (191).
Yaakov is thought to be derived from the word akev, which means "at the heel." Biblically, Genesis 25:26 says the name was given to Jacob because he "came out with his hand holding Esau's heel." Jameson is also thought to mean the supplanter. This again is linked to its biblical roots.
supplanter, deceiver, this son of Isaac, gone blind,