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pretender
Part of speech: NounOne who lays claim to anything; one who makes a false show.
Usage examples "pretender":- Without pretending to be a prophet, I venture to predict, that if ever that horrid event should take place, which is anticipated and greatly dreaded by many among us, some crisp- haired prophet, some pretender to inspiration, will be the ringleader as well as the instigator of the plot. - "Thoughts on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes of this Country", William Swan Plumer.
- I believe that there are very few who alarm themselves much with the fears of the pretender, from the apprehension of his own strength from abroad, or from his own party and friends at home here, were they once sure that he should receive no assistance from the king of France. - "An Answer to a Question that Nobody thinks of, viz., But what if the Queen should Die?", Daniel Defoe.
- The pretender must make good his claim. - "The Mynns' Mystery", George Manville Fenn.