faro Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box

WordNet

Far"o noun
Etymology
Said to be so called because the Egyptian king Pharaoh was formerly represented upon one of the cards.
Definitions
  1. A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack. Hoyle.

Webster 1913