Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pretender"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pretender \Pre*tend"er\, n.
1. One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a
claimant. Specifically, 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.
It is the shallow, unimproved intellects that are
the confident pretenders to certainty. --Glanvill.
2. One who pretends, simulates, or feigns.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Pretender
n 1: a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually
without just title) [syn: {Pretender}]
2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: {imposter}, {impostor},
{fake}, {faker}, {fraud}, {sham}, {shammer}, {pseudo}, {pseud},
{role player}]
3: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not
hold [syn: {hypocrite}, {dissembler}, {phony}, {phoney}]
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