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Complete Definition of "Faust"

English

Etymology
After Johann Faust, German magician and alchemist

Proper noun
Faust

  1. a magician and alchemist of German lore who sold his soul to the Devil for knowledge

Related terms
faustian

See also
fausty

German

Etymology
From Old High German fust|fūst, from West Germanic *funsti-. Cognate with Old English fyst|fȳst.

Noun
Faust f

  1. a fist

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