noun
- a person who removes a monarch or ruler from power; one who deposes a king or queen
Usage: formal; often historical or political context
Examples
- The general became known as the dethroner of the corrupt regime.
- History remembers him as the dethroner of the last absolute monarch.
- The revolutionary leader was celebrated by some as a dethroner of tyranny.
- The dethroner faced exile after the restoration of the royal family.
- Political rivals accused him of being a dethroner with ambitions for power.