(1):
(n.) One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant.
(2):
(n.) One who pretends, simulates, or feigns.
(3):
(n.) 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.
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