claimant (pretender) to the throne

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• throne — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, vacant ▪ imperial, papal, royal VERB + THRONE ▪ ascend, assume …   Collocations dictionary

• pretender — /pri ten deuhr/, n. 1. a person who pretends, esp. for a dishonest purpose. 2. an aspirant or claimant (often fol. by to): a pretender to the throne. 3. a person who makes unjustified or false claims, statements, etc., as about personal status,… …   Universalium

• pretender — noun a pretender to the throne Syn: claimant, aspirant …   Thesaurus of popular words

• pretender — pre•tend•er [[t]prɪˈtɛn dər[/t]] n. 1) a person who pretends, esp. for a dishonest purpose 2) an aspirant or claimant (often fol. by to): a pretender to the throne[/ex] 3) a person who makes unjustified or false claims …   From formal English to slang

• Pretender — Pre*tend er, n. 1. One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant. Specifically, 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pretender — A pretender is a claimant to an abolished throne or to a throne already occupied by somebody else. The English word comes from the French word prétendre , meaning to put forward, to profess or claim . The term pretender is also applied to those… …   Wikipedia

• Wars of the Roses — The Wars of the Roses (1455–1485) were a series of dynastic civil wars fought in England between supporters of the Houses of Lancaster and York. Although armed clashes had occurred previously between supporters of Lancastrian King Henry VI and… …   Wikipedia

• Pretender (disambiguation) — A Pretender is a claimant to an abolished throne. In English, the term is commonly used for two notable claimants to the English throne:* James Francis Edward Stuart, The Old Pretender * Charles Edward Stuart, The Young Pretender Pretender may… …   Wikipedia

• Kingdom of the Two Sicilies — For other uses, see Two Sicilies (disambiguation). Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Regno delle Due Sicilie (it) Regno d’’e Doje Sicilie (nap) Regnu dî Dui Sicili (scn) …   Wikipedia

• pretender — [prē ten′dər, priten′dər] n. 1. a person who pretends 2. a claimant to a throne 3. an aspirant 4. [P ] in English history, the son or the grandson of James II: see OLD PRETENDER, YOUNG PRETENDER …   English World dictionary

• English claims to the French throne — The English claims to the French throne have a long and rather complex history between the 1340s and the 1800s.From 1340 to 1801, with only brief intervals in 1360 1369 and 1420 1422, the kings and queens of England, and after the Acts of Union… …   Wikipedia