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单词 pretendership
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pretendershipn.

Brit. /prᵻˈtɛndəʃɪp/, U.S. /priˈtɛndərˌʃɪp/, /prəˈtɛndərˌʃɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pretender n., -ship suffix.
Etymology: < pretender n. + -ship suffix.
The position or status of a pretender.
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1714 J. Swift Publick Spirit Whigs 29 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.
1848 in Life A. Fonblanque (1874) 393 Apart from his pretendership, which has latterly been in abeyance, he is a thoroughly sensible and well-informed man.
1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernatural i. 22 The stolidly physical pretendership of Comte.
1915 Star & Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 8 Sept. Louis was Victor's heir to the pretendership until about a year ago, when a son was born to Victor and his royal spouse, Princess Clementine of Belgium.
1994 N. Duddington tr. V. O. Kliuchevsky Course in Russ. Hist. iii. 52 The course of events during the Time of Troubles clearly shows that the two facts that had chiefly contributed to it were pretendership and social discord.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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