Old Pretender
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Dempster, 40, is a gossip columnist for the London Daily Mail, and throughout, if Margaret is the Disappointed Princess, he is the Old Pretender, stating the loftiest intentions, then betraying them with yet another innuendo.
From Time Magazine Archive
Clementina's marriage with Pretender James was a runaway to romance that turned into a drab political alliance; the Old Pretender was not the glamorous figure his son turned out to be.
From Time Magazine Archive
Spirited off to France, the traduced infant became "the Old Pretender."
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the most interesting lots at the sale was a proclamation of the "Old Pretender," dated Rome, 23 Dec.
From Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
And in truth, if the Old Pretender were really the son of King James,—well, it might be more difficult to say what a man’s duty would be in that case.
From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Holt, Emily Sarah
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