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pretenderships

pretenderships is the plural of pretendership.

Meaning of pretendership

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

Questions about pretenderships

What is pretenderships the plural of?
Pretenderships is the plural of pretendership.

Words near pretenderships in the dictionary

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

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