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Definition of: pretender

(pri·tendər) noun
1. One who advances a claim or title; a claimant; specifically, a claimant of a throne who is an heir of a deposed dynasty.
2. In English history, the son and grandson of James II, the former being known in literature as the Pretender or the Old Pretender, and the latter as the Young Pretender.
3. A hyprocrite. See synonyms under HYPOCRITE.

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