Index of English words, starting with "pr"

(1) - Pretender (n.) One who pretends, simulates, or feigns.
(2) - Pretender (n.) The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law.
(3) - Pretender (n.) One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant.

(1) - Pretense (n.) Alt. of Pretence

(1) - Pretension (n.) A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship.
(2) - Pretension (n.) The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title.

(1) - Pretentious (a.) Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.