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Meaning of "faitour" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FAITOUR

From Anglo-French: cheat, from Old French faitor, from Latin: factor.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FAITOUR

ˈfeɪtə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAITOUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Faitour is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FAITOUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of faitour in the English dictionary

The definition of faitour in the dictionary is an impostor.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FAITOUR

administrator · calculator · coordinator · creator · data · designator · elevator · faitor · forfaiter · generator · Greater · indicator · later · locator · Meta · moderator · operator · refrigerator · simulator · translator

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAITOUR

faith community · faith hate · faith healer · faith healing · faith school · faith-hate · faithcure · faithed · faither · faithful · faithfully · faithfulness · faithing · faithless · faithlessly · faithlessness · faithworthiness · faithworthy · faitor · faits accomplis

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAITOUR

conducted tour · contour · Cook´s tour · cycling tour · detour · ecotour · Fantin-Latour · grand tour · guided tour · Latour · magical mystery tour · mystery tour · notour · package tour · retour · santour · stour · study tour · tour · walking tour

Synonyms and antonyms of faitour in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «faitour» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAITOUR

Find out the translation of faitour to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of faitour from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «faitour» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

faitour
1,325 millions of speakers
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faitour
570 millions of speakers
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English

faitour
510 millions of speakers
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faitour
380 millions of speakers
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faitour
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

faitour
278 millions of speakers
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faitour
270 millions of speakers
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faitour
260 millions of speakers
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faitour
220 millions of speakers
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Faitour
190 millions of speakers
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faitour
180 millions of speakers
ja

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faitour
130 millions of speakers
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faitour
85 millions of speakers
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Faitour
85 millions of speakers
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faitour
80 millions of speakers
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faitour
75 millions of speakers
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धन्यवाद
75 millions of speakers
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faitour
70 millions of speakers
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faitour
65 millions of speakers
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faitour
50 millions of speakers
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faitour
40 millions of speakers
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faitour
30 millions of speakers
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faitour
15 millions of speakers
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faitour
14 millions of speakers
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faitour
10 millions of speakers
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faitour
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of faitour

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAITOUR»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about faitour

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAITOUR»

Discover the use of faitour in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to faitour and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The French Fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare
Hence, whereas Herod calls his son fetis. he refers to the Magi asfaytours: "Fy on thaym, faytours, fy! / Wille be begylle me bus?" (19.1 15-16). He even calls Christ afaitour: "Vppon liffe and lymme / May I pat faitour fange, / Full high I schall gar ...
Deanne Williams, 2004
2
Faerie Queene Book Four
... he saylandamour beheld, he say landamour beheld, he saylandamour beheld, he sayd, d,d,d, d, FF FFFalse faitour Scudamouralse faitour Scudamour alse faitour Scudamouralse faitour Scudamour alse faitour Scudamour, that hast b , that ...
Spenser, Edmund, 2013
3
A glossary and etymological dictionary of obsolete and ...
Faitour (O. F. faitour), an evil doer, scoundrel, rascal, a dissolute idle person, synonimous with vagabond. O bitter change I for master now we see, A. faitour, villain, carle of low degree. Way's Fae. Lat or the Little Biro. Into new woes unweeting ...
William Toone, 1834
4
The Faery Queene
Faitour, faytour, i. 30 ; iv. 30, ' false faitour,' cheat, deceiver ; OF. faitour. Gloss. 1. Falsed, i. 1 ; xii. 44, falsified ; so Chaucer ; false from 'Lat.falsus, pp. offallere, to deceive. Gloss. i. Fantasy, xii. 42, fancy; ME. fantasie (Chaucer 2) ; F. fan- tasie ...
Edmund Spenser, George William Kitchin, Anthony Lawson Mayhew, 1910
5
The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
He wrote a work on Drawing, Graving, and Etching. FA'ITOUR, n.». Fr. faitard; or, as Minsheu thinks, a corruption of faiteur, i. e. a factor, or doer ; but the Norman Fr . has faitour regularly. A scoundrel; a rascal; a poltroon. Obsolete. To Philemon ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington)
6
A glossary and etymological dictionary: of obsolete and ...
Faitoue (O. F. faitour), an evil doer, scoundrel, rascal, a dissolute idle person, synonimous with vagabond. O bitter change ! for master now we see, A faitour, villain, carle of low degree. Wat's Fae. Lat op tne Little Binn. Into new woes unweeting ...
William Toone, 1834
7
Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
A scoundrel ; a rascal ; a mean fellow ; a poltron. An old word now obsolete. — To Philemon, false faitour, Philemon, I cast to' pay, that I so dearly bought. F. Qtteen. Into new woes unweeting I was cast, By this false faitour. Fairy Queen. FAIUM.
8
London encyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of science, ...
FATTOUR, n.s. Vr.faitard; or, as Minsheu thinks,- a corruption of Jaiscur, i. e. a factor, or doer ; but the Norman Fr. bis faitour regularly. A scoundrel ; a rascal ; a poltroon. Obsolete. To Philemon, false faitour, Philemon, I cast to pay, that I so ...
Thomas Tegg, 1829
9
Songes of Rechelesnesse: Langland and the Franciscans
If Nede himself has taken more than he needed, then he is a thief and a "faitour"; if he ahets the Wanderer, then he is a "fautour." But it is Nede who accuses the Wanderer and calls him a "faitour" 120.51. He adds that. 50. Skeat. Parallel Texts.
Lawrence M. Clopper, 1997
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A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and ...
Faitoue (O. F. faitour), an evil doer, scoundrel, rascal, a dissolute idle person, synonimous with vagabond. O bitter change ! for master now we see, A faitour, villain, carle of low decree* Way's Fae. Lat of tne Little Binn. Into new woes unweeting ...
William Toone, 1832
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Faitour [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/faitour>. Apr 2024 ».
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