Definitions for fallerˈfɔ lər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fall•erˈfɔ lər(n.)

  1. one that falls.

  2. a device that operates by falling.

  3. a logger hired to cut down trees; feller.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of faller:

1400–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. lumberman, lumberjack, logger, feller, faller(noun)

    a person who fells trees

  2. faller(noun)

    a person who falls

    "one of them was safe but they were unable to save the faller"; "a faller among thieves"

Wiktionary

  1. faller(Noun)

    One who falls.

  2. faller(Noun)

    A part which acts by falling, such as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Faller(noun)

    one who, or that which, falls

  2. Faller(noun)

    a part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks


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