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English
Etymology
From Latin fautrix: compare French fautrice.
Noun
fautress (plural fautresses)
- (obsolete) A patroness.
- 1598-1616, George Chapman (translator), Homer's Iliad
- Ever they cried to him. And this even his wise breast did move
To more desire of victory, it made him pray, and prove,
Minerva's aid, his fautress still: "O Goddess, hear," said he,
"And to my feet stoop with thy help, now happy fautress be."
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