pretender

[pri-ten-der]

pre·tend·er

[pri-ten-der]
noun
1.
a person who pretends, especially for a dishonest purpose.
2.
an aspirant or claimant (often followed by to): a pretender to the throne.
3.
a person who makes unjustified or false claims, statements, etc., as about personal status, abilities, intentions, or the like: a pretender to literary genius.

Origin:
1585–95; pretend + -er1
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Pretender is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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pretender (prɪˈtɛndə)
 
n
1.  a person who pretends or makes false allegations
2.  a person who mounts a claim, as to a throne or title

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