supplanter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of supplanter
First recorded in 1350–1400; supplant ( def. ) + -er 1 ( def. )
Explanation
A supplanter takes over or takes the place of someone else, usually on purpose. If usurping thrones is your thing, then maybe you have a future as a supplanter. A supplanter takes the place of someone or something that was there first. For example, a new big-name donut shop may become a supplanter if it hurts or ruins the business of the local Mom and Pop donut shop. Supplanter often refers to governments and rulers of countries, and it comes from the verb supplant, which evolved from the Latin supplantare, meaning "to trip up or to overthrow."
Vocabulary lists containing supplanter
Example Sentences
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Jacob was a popular boy’s name in Old Testament times, and meant "the one who grasps," "the angler," "the deceiver" or "the supplanter."
From Fox News • Mar. 20, 2022
The station was killed off by the proximity of Holborn, more popular because it was an interchange, and I'm pleased to see its supplanter at least has the grace to recognise its phantom existence.
From The Guardian • Jan. 9, 2013
Why, the BBC Trust, more systemically censorious supplanter of the old board of governors – which nevertheless retains the right to criticise or even fire the man they hired.
From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2010
Hergesheimer appears in the paper covers of Tauchnitz or his supplanter, beloved of globe-trotters�Three Soldiers is seen Teutonified to Drei Soldaten�Theodore Dreiser's Twelve Men makes a Gallic bow as Douse Hommes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jacob the supplanter, Jacob the changeling, Jacob the baseborn!
From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John
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