supplanter

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English

Etymology

supplant +‎ -er.

Noun

supplanter (plural supplanters)

  1. Someone or something that supplants.
    • 1906, James H. McConkey, “Jacob's Struggle”, in China's Millions, page 13:
      Selfishness is indeed the supplanter of God in the soul.
    • 1957, Petroleum Times, volume 61, page 43:
      What with the increased cost and the continued element of unreliability that these facts mean, I don't see in hydro-electricity more than an eker-out of coal and oil, not a supplanter.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin supplantāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sy.plɑ̃.te/
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Verb

supplanter

  1. (transitive) to supplant

Conjugation

Further reading

Latin

Verb

supplanter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of supplantō

Old French

Etymology

From Latin supplantō.

Verb

supplanter

  1. (transitive) to supplant

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

  • English: supplant
  • French: supplanter