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throneless

  • a word derived from throne.
    throne
    noun
    the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.

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It was only natural, then, for the more flighty Margaret, throneless and fancy-free, to go in search of company less starchy and more glamorous.

From The Guardian Sep. 23, 2017

California's Governor Ronald Reagan, 56, has been friendly for years with Prince Leka, 28, the throneless son of Albania's late King Zog, who was deposed in 1939.

From Time Magazine Archive

An hour later, the plane landed at Tangier, where Ben Moulay Arafa will live at French expense in a hastily rehabilitated villa which once belonged to another throneless Sultan of Morocco.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two sailing vessels last week nosed into U.S. harbors, each bearing a cargo of throneless royalty from the same country.

From Time Magazine Archive

The city was, in those days, a place of refuge for throneless royalty.

From Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) by Julia Ward Howe

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