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pretender meaning in Tamil

பகடி

/pɹɪˈtɛndəɹ/

pretender in Tamil: பகடி, குறவன், போலியாள், கையாளி. In English, pretender means one who intends or purposes.

Tamil words for pretender

பகடி, குறவன், போலியாள், கையாளி, விடம்பன், சாகசிகன்

English meaning of pretender

  1. noun One who intends or purposes.
  2. noun One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.
  3. noun One who aspires to the hand of a woman in marriage; a suitor, a wooer.
  4. noun 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.

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What is the meaning of pretender in Tamil?
Pretender in Tamil is பகடி, குறவன், போலியாள், கையாளி.
pretender என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Pretender: பகடி, குறவன், போலியாள், கையாளி.
What does pretender mean in English?
Pretender means one who intends or purposes.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: pretender (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: pretender (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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