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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Witling :: Witling (n.) A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.
Grammaticaster :: Grammaticaster (n.) A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender..
Pansophical :: Pansophical (a.) All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders..
Pretendant :: Pretendant (n.) A pretender; a claimant.
Philosophaster :: Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.
Philosophist :: Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.
Pretendership :: Pretendership (n.) The character, right, or claim of a pretender..
Illuminate :: Illuminate (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge..
Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
Simular :: Simular (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender..
Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant..
Empiric :: Empiric (n.) One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan..
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..
Pedant :: Pedant (n.) One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
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..
Psilosopher :: Psilosopher (n.) A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a sham philosopher.
Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who pretends, simulates, or feigns..
Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..
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