Proper; in keeping with etiquette or social standards.

For want of something better; for lack of an alternative; as a makeshift.

An armchair. / The chair of a presiding officer. / (by extension) Membership in the Académie française.

plural of fauteuil

(obsolete) Patron, protector. / Admirer, one who favours. / Supporter, adherent, partisan.

plural of fautor

Obsolete form of fautor.

plural of fautress

(obsolete) A patroness.

plural of fautour