Definition of "fautor" [fau•tor]

• Patron, protector (noun)
• Admirer, one who favours (noun)
• Supporter, adherent, partisan (noun)

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• "You are become, I understand, a solicitor of suits — a promoter — an undertaker — a fautor of court suitors of merit and quality, who chance to be pennyless."
• "Raymund of Pennafort defined the terms haereticus, receptor, fautor, defensor, etc., and outlined the penalties to be inflicted."
• "Erasmus, fautor-in-chief of the Reformation, until he got frightened and basely deserted it?"