Definition of Pretinder
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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