faitour
[ fey-ter ]
nounArchaic.
impostor; fake.
Origin of faitour
11300–50; 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
Origin of faitour
1C14: from Anglo-French: cheat, from Old French faitor, from Latin: factor
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