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Webster 1913 Edition
Fautress
Fau′tress
,Noun.
[L.
fauutrix
: cf. F. fautrice
.] A patroness.
[Obs.]
Chapman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fautress
FAU'TRESS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
fautress
fautress
English
Noun
fautress (plural fautresses)
- (obsolete) A patroness.
- George Chapman's translation of 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."
- Ever they cried to him. And this even his wise breast did move
- George Chapman's translation of Homer's Iliad