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fautress

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A patroness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 1598-1616, George Chapman (translator), Homer's Iliad Ever they cried to him. And this even his wise breast did move To more desire of victory, it made him pray, and prove, Minerva's aid, his fautress still: "O Goddess, hear," said he, "And to my feet stoop with thy help, now happy fautress be."

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History

Etymology

From Latin fautrix: compare French fautrice.