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noun • a person who makes deceitful pretenses • a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title) • 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 | ||||||||
| 43% | 8 | Term for a false claimant to the papal throne | ||||||
noun • someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected | ||||||||
| 43% | 6 | City where the Persian claimant to the throne was defeated | ||||||
noun • battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne | ||||||||
Illegal Claimant To A Throne Crossword Clue
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PRETENDER which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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PRETENDER
Updated: October 10, 2023
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