throneless

English

Etymology

throne +‎ -less

Adjective

throneless (not comparable)

1. Without a throne.
   • 1923, Rafael Sabatini, chapter 3, in Fortune's Fool‎^[1]:

     I wrung the promise of that bill from His Majesty whilst he was still a throneless wanderer.

   • 2003, Edward Slingerland, Confucius Analects, with selections from traditional commentaries, Indianapolis: Hackett, p. 230,

     In later myth, Confucius is often referred to as the "throneless ruler," the idea being that, if only he had been given a position of authority, he would have re-established the universal peace and order of the early Zhou.