DESTOOL Definition & Meaning

destool

[ dee-stool ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to remove (a West African ruler) from office.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of destool¹

First recorded in 1925–30; de- + stool

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Though he could not himself destool intransigent chiefs,* he decided to make an example of Paramount Chief Ofori Atta II, ruler of 500,000 tribesmen in the south.

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