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Definition of Dethroned
1. dethrone [v] - See also: dethrone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dethroned
Literary usage of Dethroned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... he became her natural protector, and the avenger of her wrongs, which were
deep — a grandfather dethroned and slain, a brother assassinated, ..."
2. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1893)
"Dethroned MONARCHS. FORTUNE never appears in a more extravagant humour than ...
This dethroned monarch was happy in one thing, which is indeed rare : in all ..."
3. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"... and Meer Casin set up.—Disorders by the private Trade of Company's Servants.— War
with Casim.— Be is dethroned, and ..."
4. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1802)
"An insurrection in favour of the ft- dethroned monarch, was projected both in
England and •'/ Scotland. James himself had taken all the steps, ..."
5. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1823)
"Dethroned MONARCHS. FORTUNE never appears in a more extravagant humour than when
she reduces monarchs to become mendicants. Half a century ago it was not ..."
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