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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Pretender

/prēt-ĕn'-dẽr/ · Pre·tend·er · IPA /pɹɪˈtɛndəɹ/
01 n. One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant.
  1. 1.
    One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant.(Eng. Hist.)
    “It is the shallow, unimproved intellects that are the confident pretenders to certainty.” Glanvill.
  2. 2.
    One who pretends, simulates, or feigns.