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faitours

faitours is the plural of faitour.

Meaning of faitour

Noun

faitour (plural faitours)

  1. (obsolete) A charlatan or imposter, especially one pretending to be ill, or to tell fortunes.
    • Allas sayd kynge Lot I am ashamed / for by my defaute ther is many a worshipful man slayne / for and we had ben to gyders there hadde ben none hooste vnder the heuen that had ben abel for to haue matched with vs / This fayter with his prophecye hath mocked me1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter X, in Le Morte Darthur, book II

Questions about faitours

What is faitours the plural of?
Faitours is the plural of faitour.

Words near faitours in the dictionary

  1. faithworthy
  2. faithy
  3. faitor
  4. faitors
  5. faitour
  6. faitours
  7. Faits
  8. faits accomplis
  9. Faivre
  10. Faivres
  11. faix

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