- (n.) One who pretends, simulates or feigns.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) One who lays claim or asserts a title (to something); a claimant.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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