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preˈtendership
[See -ship.]
The position or character of a pretender.
1712Swift Public Spirit of Whigs ⁋48, I am at a loss how to dispose of the dauphin, if he happen to be king of France before the pretendership to Britain falls to his share. 1848in Life A. Fonblanque (1874) 393 Apart from his pretendership, which has latterly been in abeyance, he is a thoroughly sensible and well-informed man. 1858Bushnell Nat. & Supernat. i. (1864) 22 The stolidly physical pretendership of Comte. |