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- Pretender - n. - One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant.
- 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.
- Pretender - n. - One who pretends, simulates, or feigns.
- Pretendership - n. - The character, right, or claim of a pretender.
- Coxcomb - n. - A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop.
- 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.
- Illuminate - n. - One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge.
- Ignoramus - n. - A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce.
- Sciolist - n. - One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.
- Pedant - n. - One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
- Philosophaster - n. - A pretender to philosophy.
- Adventurer - n. - A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
- Psilosopher - n. - A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a sham philosopher.
- Quack - n. - A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.
- Politicaster - n. - A petty politician; a pretender in politics.
- 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.
- Theologaster - n. - A pretender or quack in theology.
- Philosophist - n. - A pretender in philosophy.