dethrone
verb (used with object)
to remove from a throne; depose.
dethroner
-
a word derived from
dethrone.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
At this time they were erecting a column on the heights, on which, we understood from the fishing-boats, an equestrian statue of that great dethroner, Bonaparte, was to be placed.
From A Sailor of King George by A. Beckford Bevan
None of this Shall bend my sturdy will and make me speak The name of his dethroner who shall come.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
