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Definition of Faitour
1. n. A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel.
Definition of Faitour
1. Noun. (archaic) A charlatan or imposter, especially one pretending to be ill, or to tell fortunes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Faitour
1. an impostor [n -S] - See also: impostor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faitour
Literary usage of Faitour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"See Davies. faitour, an impostor, cheat, a lying vagabond. Spenser, Shep. ...
166. The word means a sham, a maker-up of a character. OF. faitour ..."
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