noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
young
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Some years ago, the young pretender Willis added Dylan to his forenames of Robert George.
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But all the attention to the young pretender , there's no dismissing the appeal of his older predecessor!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Captain John Smith struck his foes as a pretender .
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He can be forgiven that lapse and should recover losses at the expense of the Gold Cup pretender .
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Ken Bradshaw and Mark Foo, two of the main pretenders to the crown, are a study in contrasts.
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Rumours that the will return to former glories to support Camden pretenders Flowered Up on their forthcoming tour remain unconfirmed.
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Second, your so-called bride, the pretender Andromeda, will be sold off-island into prostitution.
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The other gods are mere pretenders to divinity.
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Was I not going forth as the worst kind of pretender ?