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pretender

pre·tend·er [ pri téndər ] (plural pre·tend·ers)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. somebody claiming right to something: somebody who claims a disputed right to a special rank, title, or privilege, especially a royal title. Both the son and the grandson of James II of Great Britain claimed the throne and were known as the Old Pretender and the Young Pretender.

2. somebody giving false impression: somebody who intentionally gives a false impression to somebody else

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