faitour

[ fey-ter ]

nounArchaic.
  1. impostor; fake.

Origin of faitour

1
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
  1. obsolete an impostor

Origin of faitour

1
C14: from Anglo-French: cheat, from Old French faitor, from Latin: factor

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