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Faus⋅tus

  [fou-stuhs, faw-]
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–noun
Doctor Faustus.
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Faust   (foust)   
n.  A magician and alchemist in German legend who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for power and knowledge.

[German, after Johann Faust (1480?-1540?), German magician and alchemist.]
Faust'i·an (fou'stē-ən) adj.
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