supplanter

[ suh-plan-ter, -plahn‐ ]

noun

1. someone or something taking the place of another, as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like:

   The railways were extolled in art and literature on a scale of imagination and power which the steam train's unromantic supplanter, the automobile, wholly failed to inspire.

Word History and Origins

Origin of supplanter¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; supplant ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

Example Sentences

She remembered Audouin, that supplanter Audouin; but she had clean forgotten poor solitary yearning Hiram!

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For the great supplanter of the power of the Church was, as already hinted, the power of the City Companies.

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So the household came to look upon him in the light of a worthy supplanter of the Indian dogs as a protector for her.

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Above all, was Dame Bevan to see that home of her heart's hope, the permanent home of the harsh supplanter of her husband?

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Poor Bevan had been taken by surprise in this sudden execution, put in by his treacherous supplanter, Lewis Lewis.

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Related Words

• backup
• replacement
• stand-in
• surrogate