Pretender

Word PRETENDER
Character 9
Hyphenation pre tend er
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Pretender"

What do we mean by pretender?

One who simulates, pretends, or alleges falsely; a hypocrite or dissembler. noun

One who sets forth a claim, especially a claimant to a throne. noun

One who pretends, or makes a false show, as of learning or of legal right. noun

One who pretends, or puts forward a claim; a claimant; an aspirant. noun

Specifically, a claimant to a throne. noun

One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant. noun

One who pretends, simulates, or feigns. noun

A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold. noun

A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne. noun

A claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title) noun

A person who makes deceitful pretenses noun

A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives noun

A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.

A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne.

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The word "pretender" in example sentences

I wonder if pretender is going to do that dumb ass Bruce Springsteen crap today. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Meanwhile, the pretender is huddling with Meathead. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Third, the world sees no near-term pretender to the throne because neither the divergent economies within the Euro zone nor the undemocratic Chinese regime command sufficient confidence in their respective currencies. ❋ Unknown (2008)

P6 doesn't seem impressive, but given fellow title pretender Hamilton's struggles, Felipe Massa is quite happy after he managed to scrape through in the difficult Q2 session and then qualify sixth. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A very interesting book by Ann Wroe, Perkin, suggested to me that the so-called pretender Perkin Warbeck might well have been the surviving prince, Richard. ❋ Philippa Gregory (2009)

The pretender was the cassette tape, introduced in the 1960s and popularized during the 1970s. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Not only was she being usurped by a pretender to the throne, but the pretender was another issue from her loathsome parents. ❋ Mineko Iwasaki With Rande Brown (2002)

The TIME OF TROUBLES, which began with the appearance of a false Dmitri, that is, a pretender who claimed to be the supposedly murdered son of Ivan IV. ❋ Unknown (2001)

The Portuguese residents in Italy entertained no doubt that the pretender was their countryman and their monarch, and made most strenuous exertions to procure his release. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

The best that the Spanish Army could be expected to do is to take as its leader the moderately liberal and highly-respected General Aranda, call the pretender Don Juan to the throne and support a new government of conservatives, liberals and, just possibly, the Socialist leader Prieto. ❋ Unknown (1946)

To divert his ambition into another channel he had fathered -- if he had not invented -- this fiction that the pretender was the dead Demetrius. ❋ Rafael Sabatini (1912)

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