faitour
[ fey-ter ]
/ ˈfeɪ tər /
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noun Archaic.
impostor; fake.
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Origin of faitour
1300–50; Middle English <Anglo-French: impostor, Old French faitor perpetrator, literally, doer, maker <Latin factor.See factor
Words nearby faitour
faith healer, faith healing, faith, hope, and charity, faithless, faith school, faitour, Faiyum, Faizabad, faja, Fajardo, fajita
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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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