English Explanatory Dictionary

pretendant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pretender; a claimant.
  2. A suitor.
adj
  1. Claiming to be someone or something; having a claim.

Word forms

pretendant pretendants pretendent

Etymology

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

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