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

faithfully
faithfulness
faithfulnesses
faithfuls
faithhead
faithing
faithless
faithless elector
faithless electors
faithlessly
faithlessness
faithlessnesses
faiths
faitor
faitors
faitour (current term)
faitours
faits accomplis
faix
fajita
fajitas
fajr
fake
fake book
fake etymology
fake the funk
fakeaway
fakeaways
faked

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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