overthrower

Example Sentences

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Bradamante, the Amazonian intended of Ruggiero, is of the same race as Orlando, and a great overthrower of infidels.

From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Tasso, Torquato

Perceval, the overthrower of the Foxite ministry, perished; but the political system of the cabinet remained unchanged.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various

In particular I remarked the venerable Yamagata, conqueror of China, and the round bullet-head of Oyama, the future overthrower of Kuropatkin.

From The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War by Upward, Allen

He stands in history as a reviser of fiscal policies; an introducer of new administrative modes; a widener of the boundaries of political rights; a ceaseless overthrower of public abuses.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

No man wists the name of overthrower or of overthrown.

From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Mason, Eugene