All 3 Uses of
demote
in
Gone with the Wind
- "What you can't forget," cut in Melanie, clenching her small fists against her sides, "is that she demoted Hugh because he wasn't smart enough to run her mill."†
Chpt 5.49
- And she was so incensed at your demoting Hugh from the management of the mill.†
Chpt 5.55 *
- But you were quite right in demoting him.†
Chpt 5.55
Definition:
reduce in rank or assign to a lower position