Definition of "usurpers" []

• Plural form of usurper. (noun)

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• "Jefferson instead envisioned "a universally armed citizenry organized into well-regulated militia units based on a system of 'ward republics'" as a deterrent against "usurpers" and a key guarantor of a healthy republic."
• "The Orthodox (Sunni) uphold the legitimacy of the succession of the first three caliphs, Abu Bakr, Omar, and Uthman, while the Schismatics (Shiah) champion the Divine right of Ali as against the successions of these caliphs whom they call "usurpers", and whose names, tombs, and memorials they insult and detest."
• "For Rutupiæ became clearly the naval capital of our island, the seat of that _vir spectabilis_, the Count of Saxon Shore, and the rendezvous of the fleets of those British 'usurpers' Maximus and"