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public pretender

noun

Etymology

Blend of public defender + pretender, suggesting that the public defender is merely pretending to provide competent legal representation.

  1. derived from praetendo — “to put forward, hold out, pretend”
  2. derived from pretendre
  3. derived from pretendre
  4. formed as pretender — “pretend + -er”
  5. compounded as public pretender — “public defender + pretender”

Definitions

  1. A public defender, viewed as inadequate.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA