pretendente — meaning in English

English meaning

• claimant noun A person who makes a claim.
• pretender noun Someone who claims a right to a position, especially a throne, though the claim is often disputed.
• suitor noun A man who is courting or pursuing a romantic relationship with someone.
• wooer noun A person who is courting someone romantically.

Senses

pretendente is used for these senses in English:

• claimant One who claims; one who makes a claim.
• 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.
• suitor One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.
• wooer Someone who woos or courts.

claimant — full definition

1. noun A person who makes a claim.
2. noun Someone who receives money from the state, such as unemployment or disability benefit.
3. noun The person who begins a court case against someone else.

pretender — full definition

1. noun Someone who claims a right to a position, especially a throne, though the claim is often disputed.
2. noun Someone who fakes a quality, belief, or status they don't genuinely have.

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