adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the rightful king (= the person who should be king )
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The Duke of Gloucester claimed that he was the rightful king.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
heir
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Wasn't he the rightful heir ?
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Why, for instance, does Dahlia continue to control the purse strings after Ella is revealed as the rightful heir ?
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The princes had obviously refused to select their prince as Phoenix King although he was obviously the rightful heir to Aenarion.
king
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In short, he begins to display precisely the comportment his contemporaries would have expected of their rightful king .
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He died in 1315, but during his lifetime was still regarded as rightful king by many of his one-time subjects.
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He is traditionally associated, very closely, with the Messiah, the anointed one, the rightful king .
owner
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After a few days its rightful owner came to collect it and informed her that it was in fact a ferret.
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And who is the paintings' rightful owner ?
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In addition, art thefts are likely to be pursued by their rightful owners for well over twenty years.
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All too soon it became politic to think about returning Tony's toy to its rightful owner .
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What about the bird of paradise itself, the rightful owner of the plumes?
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The State Licensing office determined Singer was the rightful owner , as it were, of the deactivated license.
place
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My right hand went instinctively to my sword, thus to force a way through the crowd and take my rightful place .
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I returned to my book, the hot feeling in my face returned to its rightful place .
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My rightful place is at the top.
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And the water moved in its rightful place , looking convincingly innocent.
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Because this encounter, unlike those with luscious little Rivaleh, has no rightful place in my script.
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Ours was becoming a flawless space in which every object had its rightful place .
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Every one of them sprang back, mended, into its rightful place in the line.
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Odd how shame found its rightful place in life.
position
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It welled up, reclaiming its rightful position in the hit parade of the senses: No.
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What remains is to solve the problem of restoring the corners of the cube to their rightful positions .
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On the other hand, the fact that some lords and knights are double-listed suggests doubt as to their rightful position .
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Leonard has been doubly cheated: of his father's presence and his rightful position .
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A marked increase in their power would challenge what he surely considered his rightful position within the Yorkist polity.
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Pistoliers are young nobles who have yet to win their spurs and assume their rightful position as Knights of the Empire.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And who is the paintings' rightful owner?
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Conservatives had come to believe that they were the rightful rulers of the country.
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In the other he remained in full control of events and in full possession of his rightful authority.
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The president should indeed go first; it is his responsibility and rightful role.
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The United States has a rightful claim to global leadership, and other nations hesitate until we act.
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They determine the conditions of legitimacy of the authority and the limits of its rightful power.
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Under the Conservatives, Britain has regained her rightful influence in the world.
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Vice President Rosalia Arteaga also has declared herself the rightful president.