A person who makes or sells false or counterfeit goods, particularly coins or currency; a forger or fraudster.
From fause (false) with the agent suffix -er, meaning 'one who makes false things.' Scottish and Northern English dialect term for a counterfeiter or con artist.
In medieval Scotland, fausters had a reputation somewhere between wizard and devil—people didn't fully understand how counterfeiting worked, so many thought they must possess supernatural powers!
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