Meaning of faitour | Babel Free

Definitions

A charlatan or imposter, especially one pretending to be ill, or to tell fortunes.

archaic

Examples

“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.

“Into new woes vnweeting I was cast, / By this false faytor[…].”

“Quick, now, little faitour. What do you want to know about Gondal?”

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