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faitour - Middle English Compendium - University of Michigan
1. A deceiver, imposter, cheat ; esp., a beggar or vagabond who feigns injury or disease; false faitour;--often used as a term of abuse.
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FAITOUR Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of FAITOUR is cheat, imposter.
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FAITOUR definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
a person who deceives others, esp by assuming a false identity; charlatan Collins English Dictionary.
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faitour
faitour Obs. exc. arch. (ˈfeɪtə(r)) Forms; 4–7 faytor, -tour(e, -towre, 6 fayter, feytour, 4– faitour. [a. AF. faitour, OF. faitor doer, maker:—L. factōr-em: see factor n. The special sense of ‘impostor’ seems to be peculiarly AF. and Eng.; cf. OF. faiture sorcery, spell.] 1. An impostor, cheat; esp...
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faitour - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Old French. edit. Etymology. edit. From Latin factor, from facere (“to do, to make”). Noun. edit. faitour oblique singular, m (oblique plural faitours, ...
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FAITOUR Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Faitour definition: impostor; fake.. See examples of FAITOUR used in a sentence.
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faiterous
† ˈfaiterous, a. Obs. rare. [f. faiter, faitour + -ous.] Characterized by deceit; treacherous.1600 Holland Livy iii. xviii. 100 Faiterous and secret mischeefe was underhand practised by the Tribunes. Ibid. 959 Peevish folly first and faiterous falshood afterwards.
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faitour, n.s. (1773) - Johnson's Dictionary Online
Fa'itour. n.s. [faitard, French .] A scoundrel; a rascal; a mean fellow; a poltron. An old word now obsolete. To Philemon, false faitour, Philemon,
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Faitour. World English Historical Dictionary - WEHD.com
1. An impostor, cheat; esp. a vagrant who shams illness or pretends to tell fortunes. 2 App. already obsolescent in 1568.
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faitour, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun faitour is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for faitour is from before 1340, ...
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A.Word.A.Day --faitour - Wordsmith.org
MEANING: noun: A cheat or impostor. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin factor (maker, doer, perpetrator), from facere (to make or to do). Earliest ...
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faitour is a noun - Word Type
A charlatan or imposter, especially one pretending to be ill, or to tell fortunes. Nouns are naming words. They are used to represent a person (soldier, ...
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foiterer
† ˈfoiterer Obs. [erron. f. faiterer, faitour.][1528 Roy Rede me (Arb.) 55 Thou makest hym then a trayter? I recken hym a falce fayterer.] 1616 Bullokar, Foiterers, vagabonds. 1623 Cokeram ii, A Vagabond, foyterer. 1677 in Coles. 1848 in Wharton Law Lex.
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fait
▪ I. † fait, n. Law. Obs. [a. Fr. fait deed, act: see the variant feat.] a. A deed. b. In the translation of Perkins: Act of parties, as distinguished from operation of law.1562 Act 5 Eliz. c. 14 §12 Convicted..in an Action of forger of false Faytes. 1642 tr. Perkins' Prof. Bk. iii. §191. 85 The dif...
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feitergrasse
feitergrasse var. of faitour's grass obs.: see faitour 2.
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