Faro
WordNet
noun
(1) A card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Presumably an alteration of pharaon, itself a transcription of pharaon, perhaps as a name for the King of Hearts.
Noun
- A banking game at cards, in which all the other players play against the dealer or banker, who draws from a dealing box.