A person who claims or aspires to a title or position, esp. a claimant to a throne (often when considered to have no just title); (with the and…
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > one who or that which dissembles > claiming high office (5) pretender1593 A person who claims or aspires to a title or position, esp. a claimant to a throne (often when considered to have no just title); (with the and… affronter1598 A person who deceives or deludes another; a pretender. Obsolete. Perkin Warbeck1641 A pretender or impostor, esp. to a throne or to some high position. Perkin1673 = Perkin Warbeck, n. pretendant1826 A claimant, esp. to a throne or other office or honour; spec. a fraudulent claimant; a mere pretender (rare). |
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