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Definition of pretender

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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..

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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..

Sciolist :: Sciolist (n.) One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.

Pretendant :: Pretendant (n.) A pretender; a claimant.

Philosophist :: Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.

Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who pretends, simulates, or feigns..

Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..

Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.

Pedant :: Pedant (n.) One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.

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..

Grammaticaster :: Grammaticaster (n.) A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.

Pretendership :: Pretendership (n.) The character, right, or claim of a pretender..

Pansophical :: Pansophical (a.) All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders..

Theologaster :: Theologaster (n.) A pretender or quack in theology.

Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.

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

Psilosopher :: Psilosopher (n.) A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a sham philosopher.

Witling :: Witling (n.) A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.

Philosophaster :: Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.

Simular :: Simular (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender..