pretender
A claimant to a throne or the office of a rulerOne who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.: A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; originally in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title.
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» Actors were historically considered untrustworthy pretenders.
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Examples
3 sentencesActors were historically considered untrustworthy pretenders.
They knew how to unmask the prince pretender.
The poet is a pretender. He pretends so completely that he even pretends that the pain he truly feels is pain.
Meaning
6 sensesOne who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.
A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; originally in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title.
Anwärter, Anwärterin
претенде́нтpretendént, претенде́нткаpretendéntka
претенде́нтpretendént, претенде́нткаpretendéntka
a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.
Betrüger, Betrügerin, Angeber
притво́рщикpritvórščik, притво́рщицаpritvórščica, лицеме́рlicemér
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
One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.
Beansprucher, Ansprucherheber, Prätendent
More meanings 3
One who pretends or lays claim to something; one who makes a profession, show, or assertion, especially without adequate grounds, falsely, or with intent to deceive; a dissembler, deceiver, charlatan, hypocrite.
(obsolete, rare)One who intends or purposes.
One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.
(obsolete)One who aspires to the hand of a woman in marriage; a suitor, a wooer.
Forms
plural: pretenders| Singular | pretender |
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Synonyms
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4 related wordsSee also
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