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plural faitours
(archaic) A charlatan or imposter, especially one pretending to be ill, or to tell fortunes. quotations
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 meAlas, said King Lot, I am ashamed, for by my default there is many a worshipful man slain, for an we had been together there had been none host under the heaven that had been able for to have matched with us; this faiter with his prophecy hath mocked me.
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter X, in Le Morte Darthur, book II
Into new woes vnweeting I was cast, / By this false faytor […].
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie
Quick, now, little faitour. What do you want to know about Gondal?
1969, Robert Nye, Tales I Told My Mother