faitour

[fey-ter]

fai·tour

[fey-ter]
noun Archaic.
impostor; fake.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French: impostor, Old French faitor perpetrator, literally, doer, maker < Latin factor. See factor
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Faitour is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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faitour (ˈfeɪtə)
 
n
obsolete an impostor
 
[C14: from Anglo-French: cheat, from Old French faitor, from Latin: factor]

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