"foy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foys [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪ Etymology: From Middle French foy. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|foy}} Middle French foy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} foy (countable and uncountable, plural foys)
  1. (obsolete, rare) Faith, allegiance. Tags: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-foy-en-noun-z3mdazRh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 62 38
  2. (obsolete) A feast given by one about to leave a place. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-foy-en-noun-CKrjZUcB

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for foy meaning in English (1.6kB)

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