faitour

[ fey-ter ]

/ ˈfeɪ tər /

noun Archaic.

impostor; fake.

Nearby words

faith, hope, and charity, faith-based, faither, faithful, faithless, faitour, faiyum, faiyûm, faizabad, faja, fajardo

Origin of faitour

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French: impostor, Old French faitor perpetrator, literally, doer, maker < Latin factor. See factor

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British Dictionary definitions for faitour

faitour

/ (ˈfeɪtə) /

noun

obsolete an impostor

Word Origin for faitour

C14: from Anglo-French: cheat, from Old French faitor, from Latin: factor

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