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SUPPLANTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does supplanter mean?
• SUPPLANTER (noun)
The noun SUPPLANTER has 1 sense:
1. one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
Familiarity information: SUPPLANTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
supplanter; usurper
Hypernyms ("supplanter" is a kind of...):
offender; wrongdoer (a person who transgresses moral or civil law)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "supplanter"):
claim jumper (one who illegally occupies property to which another has a legal claim)
Derivation:
supplant (take the place or move into the position of)
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