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faust

/faʊst/

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What does faust mean?

proper noun

  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.

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IPA pronunciation

/faʊst/

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Considered as a poem among classic German poems, it must rank next to, though immeasurably below, Goethe's "Faust."
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486
The Sept cordes de la lyre is a dramatic poem after the manner of Faust.
René DoumicGeorge Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and WritingsTranslated by Alys HallardProject Gutenberg ebook #138
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The thing had happened in M. Debienne and M. Poligny's time, also in Box Five and also during a performance of FAUST.
Gaston LerouxThe Phantom of the OperaProject Gutenberg ebook #175
As he strode over a gutter, he apostrophized a bearded portress who was worthy to meet Faust on the Brocken, and who had a broom in her hand.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
Hurstwood found that he could not talk, repressed as he was, and grudging Drouet every moment of his presence, he bowed himself out with the elegance of a Faust.
Theodore DreiserSister Carrie: A NovelProject Gutenberg ebook #233