1. plural of dethroner; people or things that remove a monarch or ruler from power
Usage: formal; often used in historical or political contexts

Examples

• The dethroners of the old regime established a new government.
• History remembers the dethroners as both liberators and tyrants.
• The military generals were the dethroners of the corrupt monarchy.
• Revolutionary dethroners seized control of the palace.
• Political dethroners often face resistance from loyal supporters of the previous ruler.