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Faitour

Faitour \Fai"tour\, n. [OF. faitor a doer, L. factor. See Factor.] A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel.

Lo! faitour, there thy meed unto thee take.
--Spenser.

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faitour

n. (label en archaic) A charlatan or imposter, especially one pretending to be ill, or to tell fortunes.

Usage examples of "faitour".

Which when as Blandamour beheld, he sayd,False faitour Scudamour, that hast by slightAnd foule aduantage this good Knight dismayd,A Knight much better then thy selfe behight,Well falles it thee that I am not in plightThis day, to wreake the dammage by thee donne:Such is thy wont, that still when any KnightIs weakned, then thou doest him ouerronne:So hast thou to thy selfe false honour often wonne.