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Definition of Dethroners
1. dethroner [n] - See also: dethroner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dethroners
Literary usage of Dethroners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke (1864)
"... as he was sure we were king-dethroners; but, referring for opinion to Dr.
K'yen- go, his fears were overcome by the doctor assuring him that he had seen ..."
2. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1901)
"I thank the heroes, the destroyers of prejudice and fear—the dethroners of savage
gods—the extinguishers of hate's eternal fire—the heroes, the breakers of ..."
3. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1821)
"At times they were the ministers of odious despots in the oppression of their
subjects; at other times they were the dethroners of the wretched creatures ..."
4. Estimates in Art by Frank Jewett Mather (1916)
"With equal practicality, when his former French friends became the dethroners of
kings and the fomenters of plebeian misrule, Aranda set his face resolutely ..."
5. Connecticut in Transition, 1775-1818 by Richard Joseph Purcell (1918)
"All of these would fall before the violence of party, before office-seeking
demagogues, the dethroners of religion and morals. ..."
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