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faitour

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fai⋅tour

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

Origin:
1300–50; ME < AF: impostor, OF faitor perpetrator, lit., doer, maker < L factor. See factor
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fai·tour   (fā'tər)   
n.   Archaic
An impostor; a deceiver.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin factor, maker; see factor.]
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