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Faust

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Faust  (foust) also Faus·tus (fousts, fô-)
n.
A magician and alchemist in German legend who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for power and knowledge.
[German, after Johann Faust (1480?-1540?), German magician and alchemist.]
Fausti·an (foust-n) adj.
Faust [faʊst], Faustus [ˈfaʊstəs]
n
(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) German legend a magician and alchemist who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power
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Noun1.FaustFaust - an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge
Faustus
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Faust [faʊst] N → Fausto


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one day came a Faust into our garden,--a good Faust, with no friend Mephistopheles,--and took Margaret from me.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
He made out a list of books which Philip was to read till he was ready for the final achievement of Faust, and meanwhile, ingeniously enough, started him on a German translation of one of the plays by Shakespeare which Philip had studied at school.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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