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Meaning of unseat

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

unseat

Pronunciation:/ʌnˈsiːt/

verb

Definitions

  1. To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat.

    Example: The frightened horse reared up and unseated its rider.

  2. To deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election, or simply by defeating them in an election.

    Example: Having lost her seat to a Tory, she succeeded in unseating him in the next general election.