pretender Definition
pre·tender (prē ten′dər, pri-)
noun
- a person who pretends
- a claimant to a throne
- an aspirant
- in English history, the son or the grandson of James II
pretender Synonyms
pretender Usage Examples
Converse of object
- beat: Will Brent and Finchy be able to beat the young pretenders Tim & Ricky?
- support: Once again the truth was stranger than fiction, and later that same year the band was asked to support The Pretenders on tour.
- see: However, Henry VII saw both pretenders to the throne off without great difficulty.
- find: This is an important part of our philosophy, so you will not find any pretenders in our shop.
Adjective modifier
- young: The young pretender is causing a stir in a series of sleepy towns.
- great: THE GREAT PRETENDERS Thus, in many ways, America over the past two decades was an accident waiting for September 11 to happen.
- old: In July 1745 Charles Edward Stuart ( son of the old Pretender ) marched into England recruiting soldiers on the way.
- new: Stick to the drinking Mr McGowan, there's a new pretender in town.
- other: None has the routine formality, the writing to a formula, which we find in the works of other pretenders to the title.
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