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faytour

faytour is the obsolete form 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

Forms of faytour

pluralfaytours

Questions about faytour

What is faytour the obsolete form of?
Faytour is the obsolete form of faitour.

Words near faytour in the dictionary

  1. FAYT
  2. fayth
  3. faythe
  4. faythes
  5. fayths
  6. faytour
  7. faytours
  8. Fayum
  9. Fayum portrait
  10. Fayum portraits
  11. Fayumic

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