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pretender definition

pre·tender (prē ten′dər, pri-)

noun

  1. a person who pretends
  2. a claimant to a throne
  3. an aspirant
  4. in English history, the son or the grandson of James II

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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