0 a person who states they have a right to the high position that someone else has, although other people disagree with this:
It further sets out to separate the real coronals from the palatal pretenders.
Given the near complete absence of a judicial system, armed bands loyal to a supreme leader shaped policies of these pretender nations.
Even the fact that several pretenders immediately presented themselves, mostly with more or less valid claims, can hardly explain the transformation.
In both cases, the new president can be judged as a pretender, one who is rex only or dux only.
This is demonstrated in his analysis of libertarianism as a 'liberal pretender'.
Indeed, at this point the mental health consultants on the siding see a pretender on the passing train.
This ' openly chiliastic gesture ' failed to have the effect that the pretender wanted and the rebellion faded away although its legacy has continued to the present.
There was a final maiden speech—that of a leadership pretender.
