fautor

== English == === Alternative forms === fautour (obsolete) === Etymology === From Latin fautor. === 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. 1894, Wilson Lloyd Bevan, Sir William Petty : A Study in english Economic Literature. Publications of the American Economic Association, vol. IX, no. 4, p. 17: ...Edmund Wyld, Esq., also, then a member of Parliament and a great fautor of ingenious and good men for mere merit's sake... ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “fautor”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === far out, far-out, foutra == Latin == === Etymology === From faveo + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfau̯.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfaːu̯.tor] === Noun === fautor m (genitive fautōris, feminine fautrīx); third declension patron, protector admirer promoter, supporter ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === 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 “fautor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. fautor in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin fautor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fauˈtoɾ/ [fau̯ˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: fau‧tor === Adjective === fautor (feminine fautora, masculine plural fautores, feminine plural fautoras) acting as an accomplice === Noun === fautor m (plural fautores, feminine fautora, feminine plural fautoras) accomplice === Further reading === “fautor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025