faitor

faitor
faitor /fāˈtər/ (obsolete)
noun
An impostor (often faiˈtour)
ORIGIN: OFr faitor, from L factor, -ōris a doer

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  • facteur — 1. facteur, trice [ faktɶr, tris ] n. • XIVe divers sens; évince l a. fr. faitre, faitor « créateur, auteur »; lat. factor, de factum, supin de facere « faire » 1 ♦ (1421) Fabricant (de certains instruments de musique). Facteur d orgues, de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Faitour — Fai tour, n. [OF. faitor a doer, L. factor. See {Factor}.] A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Lo! faitour, there thy meed unto thee take. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • faitour — /fay teuhr/, n. Archaic. impostor; fake. [1300 50; ME < AF: impostor, OF faitor perpetrator, lit., doer, maker < L factor. See FACTOR] * * * …   Universalium

  • attach — verb /əˈtætʃ/ To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively). Eftsoones the Gard, which on his state did wait, / Attacht that faitor false, and bound him strait [...]. Syn: connect, annex, affix, unite Ant: deta …   Wiktionary

  • facteur — (fa kteur) s. m. 1°   Celui qui fait, sens ancien et propre qui n est plus usité. 2°   Celui qui fabrique des instruments de musique. Facteur de pianos. •   On a un vieux clavecin ; Émile l accorde ; il est facteur, J. J. ROUSS. Ém. V. 3°   Terme …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • faitour — fai•tour [[t]ˈfeɪ tər[/t]] n. archaic impostor; fake • Etymology: 1300–50; ME < AF: impostor, OF faitor perpetrator, lit., doer, maker < L factor. See factor …   From formal English to slang

  • faitour — ˈfād.ər noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Old French faitor founder, perpetrator, from Latin factor maker, doer more at factor …   Useful english dictionary

  • fai|tor — fai|tour or fai|tor «FAY tuhr», noun. Archaic. an impostor; rogue. ╂[< Anglo French faitour, Old French faitor doer < Latin factor. See etym. of doublet factor. (Cf. ↑factor)] …   Useful english dictionary

  • fai|tour — or fai|tor «FAY tuhr», noun. Archaic. an impostor; rogue. ╂[< Anglo French faitour, Old French faitor doer < Latin factor. See etym. of doublet factor. (Cf. ↑factor)] …   Useful english dictionary

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