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.
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