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pretendership

pretendership noun: the character or claims of a pretender.

Noun

pretendership (usually uncountable, plural pretenderships)

  1. (usually) The character or claims of a pretender.
    • But I am at a loss how to dispose of the dauphin, if he happen to be king of France before the pretendership to Britain falls to his share; for I doubt he will never be persuaded to remove out of his own kingdom, only because it is too near England.1714 February, [Jonathan Swift], The Publick Spirit of the Whigs: Set forth in Their Generous Encouragement of the Author of the Crisis: […], London: […] [John Barber] for John Morphew, […], →OCLC

Forms of pretendership

pluralpretenderships

Origin of pretendership

From pretender + -ship.

Questions about pretendership

What does pretendership mean?
Pretendership means the character or claims of a pretender.
What part of speech is pretendership?
Pretendership is a noun.
What is the plural of pretendership?
The plural of pretendership is pretenderships.

Words near pretendership in the dictionary

  1. pretender
  2. pretendered
  3. pretendering
  4. pretenderism
  5. pretenders
  6. pretendership
  7. pretenderships
  8. pretendest
  9. pretendeth
  10. pretendian
  11. pretendianism

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