supersessor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

supersessor (plural supersessors)

  1. Someone or something that supersedes another. [from 19th c.]
    • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 401:
      Lord Wellesley […] sent down all his carriages, servants, staff officers, and general establishment to receive his noble supercessor at the waterside.
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