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pretendente

claimant

noun preh-ten-DEN-teh Rare
People & Society Relationships

Also means

suitor

Usage Note

Pretendente has two main meanings: a claimant to a throne or title (il pretendente al trono) and a suitor or person courting someone (un pretendente = a suitor). It is an epicene noun — the same form is used for both sexes (la pretendente, il pretendente) — and is masculine when gender is unspecified.

Examples

"Il pretendente al trono fu esiliato."

Natural Translation

The claimant to the throne was exiled.

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