Young Pretender
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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This was the royal house of Stuart, in the glittering person and presence of Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender and son of the exiled Stuart King James III.
From Time Magazine Archive
Author Mackenzie's is not a formal history of the Young Pretender but a series of portraits of the women who made up a large part of his life.
From Time Magazine Archive
And there was a prized thing of his boyhood there, a dagger the Young Pretender wore in his stocking, and he in Highland dress, as he swung toward London with pipe and drum.
From The Wind Bloweth by Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald
N.B.—Fulfilled after the battle of Culloden in 1746, when Colonel George Hunter was executed for his devotion to the cause of the Young Pretender.
From Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls by Clarke, Margaret Bruce
Battle of Falkirk; victory of the Young Pretender; he is overthrown at the Battle of Culloden.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John
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