1. (n.)pretender a person who pretends, esp. for a dishonest purpose.
2. pretender an aspirant or claimant (often fol. by to): a pretender to the throne.
3. pretender a person who makes unjustified or false claims.
Definition of 'pretender'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)Pretender a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
2. (noun)imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player a person who makes deceitful pretenses
3. (noun)hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
Definition of 'pretender'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)pretender one who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant
2. (noun)pretender 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 Britain, from which the house was excluded by law
3. (noun)pretender one who pretends, simulates, or feigns
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