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pre·tend·er
/prɪˈtɛndɚ/
冒牌者,要求者,要求王位者
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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From:
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
]
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