pretendent

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pretendent

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From Middle French pretendent, from the present participle of pretendre (“to claim”). By surface analysis, pretend + -ent.

noun pretendents

alternative Alternative form of pretendant

adjective

alternative, not comparable Alternative form of pretendant [T]he kingdome […] after the death of the foreſaid king Richard […] belonged to Edmond mortimer Earle of march, then liuing, and after his death to Anne Mortimer his ſiſter, marryed to Richard earle of Cãbridge father to this Richard pretendent duke of Yorke, […]

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@misc{pretendent_2026,
  title = {pretendent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pretendent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}