What is another word for faustus?

Pronunciation: [fˈɔːstəs] (IPA)

Synonyms for Faustus:

What are the hypernyms for Faustus?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Faustus

The famous history of Dr. faustus has done me a power of good, and I have been highly amused with a volume of Bohn which contains the old Ray proverbs.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
Graham had devised a rejuvenation medicine-from Doctor faustus down, the world has feverishly, piteously seized on every nostrum advertised as a means of exchanging age for youth-and he vowed that it would make its users not only young again, but maddeningly beautiful.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune
It was a bill faustus accepted, not a contract."
"King of the Castle"
George Manville Fenn

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