noun
- a person who takes the place of someone else, especially by force or scheming
Examples
- The ambitious general became a supplanter to the rightful king.
- She viewed her younger colleague as a potential supplanter for her position.
- History is full of supplanters who seized power through cunning.
- The new CEO was seen as a supplanter rather than a legitimate successor.
- He feared that technology would make him a supplanter of traditional workers.
- The supplanter’s reign was marked by controversy and resistance.