Pretender

//pɹɪˈtɛndəɹ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who intends or purposes. obsolete, rare

    "Pretensor, a pretender, he that purposeth."

  2. 2
    a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives wordnet
  3. 3
    One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.

    "By how straight a Rule […] must that Pretender carry himselfe, who is to saile thorow the sea of this world, hoping for a fortune from another mans hand?"

  4. 4
    a person who makes deceitful pretenses wordnet
  5. 5
    One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.; One who aspires to the hand of a woman in marriage; a suitor, a wooer. obsolete

    "He, of the two pretenders, that best loves me."

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  1. 6
    a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title) wordnet
  2. 7
    One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.; A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; originally in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title.

    "If inteſtine Broils allarm the Hive, / (For two Pretenders oft for Empire ſtrive)"

  3. 8
    One who pretends or lays claim to something; one who makes a profession, show, or assertion, especially without adequate grounds, falsely, or with intent to deceive; a dissembler, deceiver, charlatan, hypocrite.

    "A pretender / To the art, I truely honor, and ſubſcribe / To your maieſties opinion."

  4. 9
    A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.
Verb
  1. 1
    To tender (a bid, etc.) in advance. uncommon

    "The LPM coordinates closely with the EPM and the case attorney throughout the pretendering period. The Licensing Assistant (LA) in the assigned project branch requests that a project number be assigned by the Records Facilities[…]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pretend + -er.

Etymology 2

From pre- + tender.

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