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supersessor

supersessor noun: someone or something that supersedes another.

Noun

supersessor (plural supersessors)

  1. Someone or something that supersedes another.
    • Lord Wellesley […] sent down all his carriages, servants, staff officers, and general establishment to receive his noble supercessor at the waterside.1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 401

Forms of supersessor

pluralsupersessors
alternative formsupercessor

Origin of supersessor

From the participle stem of Latin supersedēre (“to supersede”).

Questions about supersessor

What does supersessor mean?
Supersessor means someone or something that supersedes another.
What part of speech is supersessor?
Supersessor is a noun.
What is the plural of supersessor?
The plural of supersessor is supersessors.

Words near supersessor in the dictionary

  1. supersessionisms
  2. supersessionist
  3. supersessionists
  4. supersessions
  5. supersessive
  6. supersessor
  7. supersessors
  8. supersessory
  9. superset
  10. supersets
  11. supersetted

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