Obs. [f. as prec. + -ESS.] A female fautor: a. a patroness; b. an instigator.
1596. Drayton, Legends, iii. 313. The only Fautresse of all Noble Arts.
1621. G. Sandys, Ovid’s Met., III. (1626), 48.
| Behold! mans Fautresse, Pallas (from the sky | |
| Descending to his needfull aide) stood by. |
1703. Rowe, Ulyss., III. i. 1125. Pallas, the Fautress of my Master’s Arms.
1717. Garth, Ovid, Ded. He comes from Banishment to the Fautress of Liberty.
1732. in Coles.
