The Clue
Illegal claimant to a throne (9 letter answer)
The Answer
PRETENDER
Tags
Notes
The answer PRETENDER is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Aspirant to a throne
Aspirant, as to a throne
Definition
PRETENDER as a noun:
1. a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
2. (imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player) = a person who makes deceitful pretenses
3. (hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender) = 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
PRETEND as an adjective:
1. (make-believe, pretend) = imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"