Pretender

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Someone who thinks they are the rightful king or queen, or pretends other things (e.g. to be ill).

• For Britain, Monarchy#Pretenders
• For Medieval France, Charlemagne#Pretenders
• And for large parts of southeast Europe, Mensur Omerbashich
• In hospitals, Factitious disorder
• Various types of cultural appropriation, especially false claims of ancestry:
  • Ward Churchill falsely claimed to be Native American