Pretender
A pretender is one who maintains a claim that they are entitled to a position of honour or rank, which may be occupied by a (usually more recognised) incumbent or whose powers may currently be exercised by another person or authority. Most often it refers to a former monarch, or descendant thereof, whose throne is occupied or claimed by a rival or has been abolished.
Although "claimant" is sometimes preferred, the term "pretend" in itself is not pejorative in this context. The original meaning of the English word pretend comes from the French word prétendre (and before that, the Latin praetendo meaning "to stretch out before"), and originally meant "to put forward, to profess or claim". A pretender was therefore, simply, one who put forward or professed a claim to a title, or in modern terms, a claimant. Only later did the word acquire its more common meaning in modern times, of professing or claiming falsely.
The term "pretender" applies not only to claimants with arguably genuine rights (as the various pretenders of the Wars of the Roses who regarded the de facto monarch as a usurper). It can also be used for those possessing an arguable right to a position who do not actively claim it), as well as impostors with wholly fabricated claims (as pretenders to Henry VII's throne Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck attest). People in the latter category often assume the identities of deceased or missing royalty, to support their claim, and are sometimes referred to for clarity as false pretenders or royal impersonators. A Papal pretender is called an Antipope.
Pretenders (Transformers)
Pretenders is a subline within the Transformers toy line, introduced in 1988. The concept behind the toy was that the Transformers were capable of disguising their robotic forms through the use of synthetic organic outer shells.
Transformers: Generation 1
Standard Pretenders (1988)
While the Autobots' outer shells all resemble human beings clad in armor, the Decepticons' shells are all in the form of monstrous animalistic creatures. The robot figure is contained entirely within the shell, invisible to the outsider observer. After the shell splits apart to release it, the shell can be recombined for a second figure. Although the first set of Pretenders was released early in 1988, a second set of 6, exclusive to North America, was also sold. Metalhawk, named so because his inner robot was constructed partially of die-cast metal (a rarity in 1988), was only sold in Japan.
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Cloudburst
Groundbreaker
Pretender (horse)
Pretender (1866–1878) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After showing promise as a two-year-old in 1868 he improved to become a top class performer in the early part of the following year. He won the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and the Epsom Derby. Pretender was the last horse trained in the North of England to win the Derby. He failed to complete the Triple Crown when he was beaten in the St Leger at Doncaster. Pretender’s form subsequently deteriorated and he failed to record any significant wins despite staying in training for two more seasons. He made no impression as a stallion.
Background
Pretender was a bay or brown horse standing 16 hands high bred by William Sadler of Doncaster and sold for 400 guineas as a yearling to the trainer Thomas Dawson, acting on behalf of John Johnstone. Johnstone remained the colt's official owner throughout his career but owned him jointly with Sir Robert Jardine. Pretender was sent into training with Dawson at his stables at Tupgill Park near Middleham, North Yorkshire.
Podcasts:
Pretenders
ALBUMS
- Live in London released: 2010
- Original Album Series released: 2009
- The Best Of / Break Up the Concrete released: 2009
- Break Up the Concrete released: 2008
- Pirate Radio released: 2006
- Pretenders released: 2006
- Loose Screw released: 2003
- Greatest Hits released: 2000
- ¡Viva El Amor! released: 1999
- The Isle of View released: 1995
- Now & Then released: 1994
- Last of the Independents released: 1994
- Don't Get Me Wrong released: 1992
- Packed! released: 1990
- The Singles released: 1987
- Get Close released: 1986
- Learning to Crawl released: 1984
- Pretenders II released: 1981
- 1983-05-30: US Festival, Glen Helen Regional Park, Devore, CA, USA released:
Live in London
Released 2010- Boots of Chinese Plastic
- Don't Cut Your Hair
- Talk of the Town
- Kid
- The Nothing Maker
- Don't Lose Faith in Me
- Back on the Chain Gang
- Love's a Mystery
- Don't Get Me Wrong
- Tequila
- Stop Your Sobbing
- Day After Day
- Cuban Slide
- Middle of the Road
- The Wait
- Tattooed Love Boys
- Precious
- I'll Stand by You
- Brass in Pocket
The Best Of / Break Up the Concrete
Released 2009- Talk of the Town
- Kid
- Back on the Chain Gang
- Brass in Pocket
- Message of Love
- Night in My Veins
- Don't Get Me Wrong
- Middle of the Road
- I'll Stand by You
- Stop Your Sobbing
- Hymn to Her
- Precious
- Thumbelina
- Cuban Slide
- My City Was Gone
- Day After Day
- I Go to Sleep
- Thin Line Between Love and Hate
- Fools Must Die
- Up the Neck
- 2000 Miles
- Tattooed Love Boys
Pirate Radio
Released 2006- Precious (Regent Park demo)
- Stop Your Sobbing
- The Wait (single version)
- Kid
- Tattooed Love Boys
- Mystery Achievement
- Brass in Pocket
- Porcelain
- Talk of the Town (U.K. single version)
- Message of Love
- Cuban Slide
- What You Gonna Do About It
- The Adultress
- Bad Boys Get Spanked
- I Go to Sleep
- Day After Day
- Birds of Paradise
- The English Roses
- Time the Avenger
- Watching the Clothes (Denmark Street demo)
- Show Me
Greatest Hits
Released 2000- Brass in Pocket
- Message of Love
- Don’t Get Me Wrong
- Kid
- Human
- I Go to Sleep
- Forever Young
- I Got You Babe
- Night in My Veins
- Spiritual High (State of Independence)
- Talk of the Town
- Stop Your Sobbing
- Hymn to Her
- 2000 Miles
- Breakfast in Bed
- Popstar
- Middle of the Road
- Thin Line Between Love and Hate
- Back on the Chain Gang
- I’ll Stand by You
Pretender
ALBUMS
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by Cry Wolf
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by Janedear Girls
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by One Without
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by Texas In July
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by Madonna
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by Saybia
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by James LaBrie
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by Eisley
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by Miike Snow
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by Sarah Jaffe
Pretender
by: Cry WolfTime goes by
It leaves you by yourself
Sometimes
I don't know why
But it's up to you to tell
No lies
Take a young man
Put him out on the streets
He's got the whole world at his feet, but
He still can't seems to find his way home
Ohh yeah!
Down the road
With every step you take
And every heart you break You're closer to it all
Hey pretender
Dream your life away
Don't surrender
'Till you've had your day
Ohh yeah
'Cuz I know
You gotta listen hey!
Take a young man
Put him out on the streets
He's got the whole world at his feet, but
I know I ain't never
Ever gonna find my way home
Hey pretender
Dream your life away
Don't surrender
Oh, I know you're gonna have your day
Hey pretender
Dream your life away
Don't surrender
'Till you've had your day
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