noun
- A claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title. )
- A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
- 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.
- synonyms: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney
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