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Meanings of pretender in inglês

russo
претендент на престол
português
pretendente
espanhol
pretendiente al trono
catalão
pretendent al tron
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Someone who claims a relation to a throne.

Related terms
pretendente
português
impostor
catalão
farsant
espanhol
impostor

A person who makes deceitful pretenses.

impostor
português
hipócrita
catalão
colltort
espanhol
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 inglês
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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
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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
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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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