Faust

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A magician and alchemist of German lore who sold his soul to the Devil for knowledge and power.
  2. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.

Word forms

Faust

Etymology

After Johann Georg Faust, German magician and alchemist.

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