U-sûrp'er, n.

n. [Fr. usurpateur, Pr. usurpaire, Sp. & Pg. usurpador, It. usurpatore, Lat. usurpator.] One who usurps; one who seizes or occupies power or property without right; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.

A crown will not want pretenders to claim it, nor usurpers, if their power serves them, to possess it. South.