pretender
Americannoun
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a person who pretends, especially for a dishonest purpose.
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an aspirant or claimant (often followed byto ).
a pretender to the throne.
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a person who makes unjustified or false claims, statements, etc., as about personal status, abilities, intentions, or the like.
a pretender to literary genius.
noun
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a person who pretends or makes false allegations
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a person who mounts a claim, as to a throne or title
Etymology
Origin of pretender
Example Sentences
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Dave Grohl and co came out at tea time on Friday and delivered one of the weekend's most pulverising rock sets: Everlong, The Pretender, Best Of You, All My Life.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2023
Soon after “A Pretender God” came another piece, “Cannon Fodder,” which showed a child in a Guy Fawkes mask standing in the middle of a railroad track, a slingshot raised at an oncoming train.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021
The anecdote has overshadowed "Reckless: My Life as a Pretender," a tale of rock debauchery she waited until after her parents died to tell, and its author is plainly sick of it.
From US News • Oct. 9, 2015
For his curious "Pretender," the artist harnessed Parton's cover of "The Great Pretender" to create a wobbly version in which her voice drunkenly moves down to male tenor and bass.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2014
That was the first act of a Pretender, the cutting of whose teeth still torments him, and whose new pantaloons become too short at the end of eight days.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James
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