[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pretender \pretend"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.
      1913 webster

            it is the shallow, unimproved intellects that are
            the confident pretenders to certainty. --glanvill.
      1913 webster

   2. one who pretends, simulates, or feigns.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pretender
     n 1: a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler usually
          without just title
     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 he does not
        hold syn: hypocrite, dissembler, phony, phoney
see also:
imposter impostor fake faker fraud sham 
shammer pseudo pseud role player hypocrite 
dissembler phony phoney 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 moby thesaurus words for "pretender":
   actor, affecter, arrogator, aspirant, blagueur, bluff, bluffer,
   candidate, charlatan, claimant, deceiver, fake, faker, fourflusher,
   fraud, hollow man, humbug, impersonator, impostor, malingerer,
   man of straw, mannerist, mountebank, paper tiger, performer, phony,
   playactor, poser, poseur, quack, quacksalver, quackster, ringer,
   rival, saltimbanco, seeker, sham, shammer, straw man, suitor,
   usurper

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