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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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Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender..

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..

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

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

Politicaster :: Politicaster (n.) A petty politician; a pretender in politics.

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

Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..

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..

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

Hypocrite :: Hypocrite (n.) One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety..

Quack :: Quack (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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