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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun has 1 sense
- faust(n = noun.person) faustus - an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge;
Derived form adjective faustian1
CIDE DICTIONARY
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- A tragedy by Goethe, commenced in 1772, and published. as “Faust, ein Fragment” in 1790. Part 1, complete, was published as "Faust, eine Trag
Goethe. [Century Dict. 1906] - An opera by Gounod (words, after Goethe, by Carr
Century Dict. 1906] - An opera by Spohr, first produced at Frankfurt in 1818. The words, which do not follow Goethe's play, are by Bernhard. [Century Dict. 1906]
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an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge. [WordNet 1.5]
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Doctor Johann Faust, a person born at Kundling (Knittlingen), WRoda, near Weimar , and said to have died in 1588. He was a man of licentious character, a magician, astrologer, and soothsayer, who boasted of performing the miracles of Christ . It was believed that he was carried off at last by the devil, who had lived with him in the form of a black dog. [Century Dict. 1906]