pretendant

== English == === Alternative forms === pretendent === Etymology === From Middle French pretendant, from the present participle of pretendre (“to claim”). By surface analysis, pretend +‎ -ant. === Noun === pretendant (plural pretendants) (dated) A pretender; a claimant. (obsolete) A suitor. === Adjective === pretendant (not comparable) (dated) Claiming to be someone or something; having a claim. === References === “pretendant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.