претенде́нт — meaning in English
pretendent
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English meaning
- challenger noun A person who challenges someone else, especially by competing against a title-holder or champion.
- claimer noun A person who makes a claim; a claimant.
- pretender noun Someone who claims a right to a position, especially a throne, though the claim is often disputed.
Senses
претенде́нт is used for these senses in English:
- challenger One who challenges; especially, one who plays against the current champion of a game or contest in hopes of winning and becoming the new champion.
- pretender 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.
claimer — full definition
- noun A person who makes a claim; a claimant.
- noun A pretender to a royal title.
- noun A racehorse offered for sale before a race and delivered to the buyer afterwards.
- noun A claiming race.