overthrower
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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 Allen Upward
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 Torquato Tasso
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 Frederic Taber Cooper
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 Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
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
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