faitour
[ fey-ter ]
/ ˈfeɪ tər /
noun Archaic.
impostor; fake.
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What does "scattergood" mean?
a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.
a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUTOrigin 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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