Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-THRONE'
DE-THRONE', v.t. [Fr. detrôner; Sp. destronar; It. stronare; de and throne, L. thronus.]
- To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of royal authority and dignity.
- To divest of rule or power, or of supreme power. The Protector was dethroned. – Hume.
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