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Webster 1913 Edition
Fautor
Fau′tor
,Noun.
A favorer; a patron; one who gives countenance or support; an abettor.
[Obs.]
The king and the
fautors
of his proceedings. Latimer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fautor
FAU'TOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
fautor
fautor
English
Alternative forms
- fautour (obsolete)
Noun
fautor (plural fautors)
- (obsolete) Patron, protector.
- Admirer, one who favours.
- Supporter, adherent, partisan.
- 1644, Edward Coke, The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning High Treason, and Other Pleas of the Crown, and Criminall Causes, London: Printed by M[iles] Flesher, for W[illiam] Lee and D[aniel] Pakeman, OCLC 12388731; reprinted as The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning High Treason, and other Pleas of the Crown. And Criminal Causes, 15th edition, London: Printed for E. and R. Brooke, Bell-Yard, near Temple-Bar, 1797, OCLC 76956988, pages 119–*120:
- The effect of the ſtatute of 16 R. 2 [Statute of Praemunire (16 Ric. II, chapter 5)] is, if any purſue or cauſe to be purſued in the court of Rome, or elſewhere, any thing with toucheth the king, againſt him, his crowne and regality, or his realme, their notaries, procurators, &c. fautors, &c. ſhall be out of the kings protection.
- 1644, Edward Coke, The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning High Treason, and Other Pleas of the Crown, and Criminall Causes, London: Printed by M[iles] Flesher, for W[illiam] Lee and D[aniel] Pakeman, OCLC 12388731; reprinted as The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Concerning High Treason, and other Pleas of the Crown. And Criminal Causes, 15th edition, London: Printed for E. and R. Brooke, Bell-Yard, near Temple-Bar, 1797, OCLC 76956988, pages 119–*120:
References
- J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfau̯.tor/, [ˈfau̯.tɔr]
Noun
fautor m (genitive fautōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fautor | fautōrēs |
| genitive | fautōris | fautōrum |
| dative | fautōrī | fautōribus |
| accusative | fautōrem | fautōrēs |
| ablative | fautōre | fautōribus |
| vocative | fautor | fautōrēs |
References
- fautor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fautor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fautor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be a friend of the aristocracy: nobilitatis fautorem, studiosum esse
- to be a friend of the aristocracy: nobilitatis fautorem, studiosum esse
- fautor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016