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F.E.R.T

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The letters of the Sardinian motto.

Either Fortituʹdo Ejus Rhodum Tenʹuit, in allusion to the succour rendered to Rhodes by the house of Savoy, 1310;

Or, Fœdĕre et Religiõne Tenēmur, on the gold doubloon of Victor Amadeus I.;

Or, Fortituʹdo Ejus Rempublicam Tenet.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ezzelin (3 syl.)
F
F Sharp
ff
F.E.R.T
F. O. B
F’s
Fa (Scotch)
Fabian Society
Fabian Soldiers
Fabian Tactics or Policyi.e. delay
Fabianism
Fabila’s sad Fate
Fabius
Fables