faitour

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English faitour, from Anglo-Norman faitour (cognate with Old French faitor (doer, maker), from Latin factor, factōrem, from facere (do, make).

Pronunciation

Noun

faitour (plural faitours)

  1. (archaic) A charlatan or imposter, especially one pretending to be ill, or to tell fortunes.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter X, in Le Morte Darthur, book II:
      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 me
      Alas, said King Lot, I am ashamed, for through my absence many a distinguished man has been slain, for if we had been together there would have been no host under heaven that could have matched us; this faitour has mocked me with his prophecy.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      Into new woes vnweeting I was cast, / By this false faytor [].
    • 1969, Robert Nye, Tales I Told My Mother:
      Quick, now, little faitour. What do you want to know about Gondal?

Old French

Etymology

From Latin factor, from facere (to do, to make).

Noun

faitour oblique singularm (oblique plural faitours, nominative singular faitours, nominative plural faitour)

  1. a layabout (one who does nothing)

Descendants

  • English: faitour

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