The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pretendant
Pretendant \Pre*tend"ant\, n. A pretender; a claimant.
Wiktionary
pretendant
n. A pretender; a claimant.
Usage examples of "pretendant".
Savine le duc de Naurouse prendrait la place de celui-ci, se poserait franchement en pretendant, et, dans un temps qui, selon elle, ne devait pas etre long, lui demanderait Corysandre.
It was not long before it was whispered that the handsome Englishman Monsieur le Duc d'Osmonde, the red blonde giant with the great calm eyes, was one of the two chief pretendants to this picturesque lady's favour.