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pretender
[ pri-ten-der ]
noun
- a person who pretends, especially for a dishonest purpose.
- an aspirant or claimant (often followed by to ):
a pretender to the throne.
- a person who makes unjustified or false claims, statements, etc., as about personal status, abilities, intentions, or the like:
a pretender to literary genius.
pretender
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noun
- a person who pretends or makes false allegations
- a person who mounts a claim, as to a throne or title
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Origin of pretender1
Example Sentences
It's a tournament's watershed, where contenders rise and pretenders are washed away.
Artists can sniff out genius from fakes, and Thanos sure looks like a parody of a pretender T.O.P. has encountered in the wild.
Arsenal have been looking for every vital sign that this is the season when they will finally make the leap from pretenders to Premier League champions – but the indications are already ominous.
It was a Sunday of high scoring in week six of the NFL as Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson beat out Washington Commanders' young pretender Jayden Daniels in the feature game of the day.
Daniel Dubois was the heavyweight champion lacking a crowning moment, but on Saturday the young pretender from Greenwich legitimised his reign.
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