Definition of pretender

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Pretender (n.) One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant..

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Theologaster :: Theologaster (n.) A pretender or quack in theology.
Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender..
Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant..
Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.
Pansophical :: Pansophical (a.) All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders..
Impostor :: Impostor (n.) One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender..
Pretender :: Pretender (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..
Grammaticaster :: Grammaticaster (n.) A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.
Illuminate :: Illuminate (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge..
Simular :: Simular (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender..
Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
Witling :: Witling (n.) A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.
Pretendant :: Pretendant (n.) A pretender; a claimant.
Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who pretends, simulates, or feigns..
Philosophist :: Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.
Psilosopher :: Psilosopher (n.) A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a sham philosopher.
Pretendership :: Pretendership (n.) The character, right, or claim of a pretender..
Pedant :: Pedant (n.) One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
Philosophaster :: Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.
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