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.
Witling :: Witling (n.) A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.
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..
Pretendant :: Pretendant (n.) A pretender; a claimant.
Sciolist :: Sciolist (n.) One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.
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.) One who pretends, simulates, or feigns..
Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..
Philosophaster :: Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.
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..
Illuminate :: Illuminate (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge..
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender..
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..
Pretendership :: Pretendership (n.) The character, right, or claim of a pretender..
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..
Politicaster :: Politicaster (n.) A petty politician; a pretender in politics.
Pansophical :: Pansophical (a.) All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders..
Quack :: Quack (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
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