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destool

American  
[dee-stool] / diˈstul /

verb (used with object)

  1. to remove (a West African ruler) from office.


Etymology

Origin of destool

First recorded in 1925–30; de- + stool


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Though he could not himself destool intransigent chiefs,* he decided to make an example of Paramount Chief Ofori Atta II, ruler of 500,000 tribesmen in the south.

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