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supplanter|səˈplɑːntə(r), -æ-|
[a. OF. supplanteor (mod.F. supplanteur), ad. late L. supplantātōrem, agent-n. f. supplantāre to supplant: see -er1.]
1. One who dispossesses or displaces another in his position, esp. by unworthy practices.
a1300Cursor M. 3744 Right-wisli es iacob his nam, Þat es to sai..Supplanter als of heritage. 1390Gower Conf. I. 241 If thou understode..In loves cause what it doth, A man to ben a Supplantour. c1614Fletcher, etc. Wit at Sev. Weapons, Persons repr. in Play, Cunningham, a discreet gen. Sir Gregories comrade and supplanter. 1691Bp. Ken Let. 7 June in Plumptre Life (1888) II. xx. 52 Dr Kidder is now said to be my Successour or rather supplanter. 1703W. Hamilton Life Bonnell ii. 167 He was rarely known to speak an Angry word against his Supplanter. 1841Lytton Night & Morn. i. iii, Those children are our disgrace and your supplanters. 1899Daily News 25 July 6/1 When the prodigal has satisfied poetic justice, and retaliated by nearly killing his supplanter.
†2. One who causes the downfall or destruction of a person or thing; an overthrower. Obs.
a1340Hampole Psalter xiii. 11 [xiv. 7] Iacob is als mykill at say as wrestlere or supplantere of syn. 1422J. Capgrave Treat. Rule St. Aug. in Life (1910) 145 So may our blessid fader Augustyn be cleped a supplanter of þe Deuel. 1672W. de Britaine Dutch Usurp. 33 The Hollanders are the great Supplanters of Trade, and obstructers of Commerce. a1716South 4th Serm. Isa. v. 20 (1727) VI. 109 A treacherous Supplanter and Underminer of the Peace of all Families and Societies.
3. A thing that displaces or supersedes another.
1865Sat. Rev. 11 Nov. 622/1 Natural Provençal and natural Swabian, as distinguished from their high-polite supplanter. 1905J. B. Firth Highw. Derbyshire xi. 172 The old road..is little more than half as long as its modern supplanter. |