Definitions
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- noun obsolete A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel.
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- noun archaic A
charlatan orimposter , especially one pretending to be ill, or to tell fortunes.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I come to her she will not believe me, but put me in duresse as I were a faitour.
The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900
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The Fleming's lance was, of course, in its rest, and woe betide the faitour whose lot it was to encounter its thrust; the first fell, incapable of further combat, and another of the felons encountered the same fate with little more resistance.
Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801
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“And yonder stands the faitour, rejoicing at the mischief he has done, and triumphing in your overthrow, like the king in the romance, who played upon the fiddle whilst a city was burning.
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The Fleming’s lance was, of course, in its rest, and woe betide the faitour whose lot it was to encounter its thrust; the first fell, incapable of further combat, and another of the felons encountered the same fate with little more resistance.
Castle Dangerous 2008
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4 By this false faitour, who unworthy wears faitour > impostor, cheat wears > bears, carries
The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 Edmund Spenser
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7 Thus all my wandering faitour [5] thinking strayed,
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845
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7 Thus all my wandering faitour [5] thinking strayed,
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 3 George Gilfillan 1845
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“Be patient, Sir Geoffrey,” said the Countess, who now discerned the cause of her kinswoman’s apprehension; “and be assured I did not need your chivalry to defend me against this discourteous faitour, as Morte d’Arthur would have called him.
Peveril of the Peak 1822
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"Be patient, Sir Geoffrey," said the Countess, who now discerned the cause of her kinswoman's apprehension; "and be assured I did not need your chivalry to defend me against this discourteous faitour, as
Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801
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"And yonder stands the faitour, rejoicing at the mischief he has done, and triumphing in your overthrow, like the king in the romance, who played upon the fiddle whilst a city was burning.
The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801
pavonine commented on the word faitour
Archaic
An impostor; a deceiver
December 17, 2007