overthrower

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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

The other cartoon, which appeared several years earlier, shows the King anxiously examining the features of Cooper's well-known miniature of Cromwell, the great overthrower of kings.

From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Cooper, Frederic Taber

A matchless warrior, a Dragon-killer and overthrower of Giants, who possesses a magic sword, he conquers the northern Nibelungs and acquires their famed gold hoard.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

The other historical books, the Rajavali, and Rajaratnacari, give a totally different character of Elala, and represent him as the desecrator of monuments and the overthrower of temples.

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

No man wists the name of overthrower or of overthrown.

From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Mason, Eugene