Word Meanings - PRETENDANT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A pretender; a claimant.

Related words: (words related to PRETENDANT)

• PRETENDER
  The pretender , the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law. It is the shallow, unimproved intellects that are the confident
• CLAIMANT
  One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.
• PRETENDERSHIP
  The character, right, or claim of a pretender. Swift.
• RECLAIMANT
  One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts.
• DECLAIMANT
  A declaimer.