Faust

A magician and alchemist of German lore who sold his soul to the Devil for knowledge and power.

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.

Origin

After Johann Georg Faust, German magician and alchemist.

Related

fausty

Derived

Faustian