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Meanings of pretender in English

Russian
претендент на престол
Portuguese
pretendente
Spanish
pretendiente al trono
Catalan
pretendent al tron
Wikidata

Someone who claims a relation to a throne.

          Related terms
          претендент на престол
          Portuguese
          impostor
          Catalan
          farsant
          Spanish
          impostor

          A person who makes deceitful pretenses.

              impostor
              Portuguese
              hipócrita
              Catalan
              colltort
              Spanish
              fariseo

              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.

                    hipócrita
                    Usage of pretender in English
                    1
                    Prussia demanded the expulsion of the pretender; to which Austria said no.
                    Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10: European Leaders
                    2
                    About the time of the Paris pretender in the kingdom of Naples.
                    Cavour
                    3
                    The ideal of China is sincerity but an actor is a pretender.
                    America, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental Diplomat
                    4
                    The pretender braced himself for the scrutiny the eyes made of him.
                    The City of Delight: A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerus...
                    5
                    You show more determination than I had thought possible for a pretender.
                    Magic Kingdom for Sale - SOLD!
                    6
                    Fortune at first seemed to have declared in favour of the pretender.
                    Prolegomena to the History of Israel
                    7
                    The pretender advanced from Devonshire to seize Taunton; but when Henry VII.
                    Somerset
                    8
                    They engaged in an association against the pretender, and all his abettors.
                    The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
                    9
                    He entered the city, seized the pretender and many of his followers.
                    Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
                    10
                    His favor was sufficient to discredit any pretender to office or advancement.
                    The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part E. / From...
                    11
                    As usual, the revolt was headed by a pretender to the sultanate.
                    Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the L...
                    12
                    The moment might be propitious to the pretender, however false his claim.
                    The Historical Nights' Entertainment: Second Series
                    13
                    The pretender will be taken at the source of his misplaced pride.
                    The bourne identity
                    14
                    Among the sciences which this pretender hath professed is that of alchemy.
                    The Kitáb-i-Íqán
                    15
                    Perhaps I felt that I was a pretender or an outlaw successor.
                    The new yorker
                    16
                    I was a pretender who made pretty sounds with a half-foreign language.
                    The Irish Times
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