Meaning of usurpress | Babel Free

Definitions

A female usurper.

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“This yet may dash the Marriage; and Leucasia That bold Usurpress of my Bed shall miss⟳ Of being saluted Queen to night howe'r.”

“Madame Le Crampon was the absolute ruler of this machine;--her mother had ceased to hold⟳ almost any relation to it! She had abdicated in favour of that hard and implacable usurpress.”

“1868, Anonymous, Pandora (poem), The Atlantic Monthly, Vol 22, Issue⟳ 132, archived here Thou, that assumest to lead⟳, Holding the truth and the keys of the skies, Art the usurpress indeed, And rulest thy sons with a sceptre of lies.”

“Sophia, who was anxious not to be reckoned a usurpress and who wished to keep⟳ up appearances, held two thrones and two crowns on behalf of Ivan and Peter.”

“I would "attend⟳" Auschwitz with invisible resources that vastly increased the chances of survival, resources that included even my linguistic abilities, since German was my mother tongue, so to speak⟳, and French my vernacular, while English was the language I had spoken with my brother and studied successfully in school. Finally, Russian was the rule⟳ with my father, sister, and the usurpress, and I was literally at home in it.”

“I have⟳ a number⟳ of these. They were issued in March⟳ 1893 and advertised the journal "The Jacobite", organ of the Legitimist Jacobite League. They are listed in "Scottish Stamp⟳ and Label⟳ Catalogue 1970" and subsequently illustrated in "Scottish Stamp⟳ News" and "Cinderella Philatelist" There are used covers in existence which show⟳ the usurpress stamp⟳ upside down with the 'stamp⟳' of Queen Mary IV and III alongside.”

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