Meaning of pretendant | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pretender; a claimant.
   dated
2. A suitor.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Bur at laſt his fight⟳ being as odious to me, as his company was troubleſome, I let⟳ him know⟳ in very ſharp terms how much I hated him, bidding him never imagine⟳ or think⟳ of obtaining me, for he ſhould ſooner bring⟳ the heavens and earth together than obtain⟳ my love⟳, commanding him to avoid⟳ my ſight. This ſudden mordacity ſtarted my pretendant, rebating his love⟳, it ſuſcicated his paſſion, and with a truculent countenance he told me, that ere long I ſhould repent of my peeviſhneſs, and be glad to accept⟳ of that honour which now I deſpiſ’d.”

“Thelwall Salusbury too—then Vicar of Offley, my Cousin, my Pretendant—& my Enemy—of Course, I see⟳ today among the Black List in our Newspaper.”

“He would not be serious about Lord Rainford; he made her share⟳ in the good-natured slight with which husband and wife always talk⟳ over the sorrows of unlucky pretendants. He professed to find⟳ something much more admirable in Kimball’s quiet acceptance of the loss he had incurred through Helen: that, he said, was fine, for Kimball was supported by no sentimental considerations, and had no money to back his delicacy.”

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