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