overthrower
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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
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 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 Sir James Emerson Tennent
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
