Faller

name, noun

name, noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who falls.

    "I've said that you girls on this side were not very whole-hearted fallers-in-love."

  2. 2
    a person who falls wordnet
  3. 3
    A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.

    "There were peas to be gathered and shelled, currants and gooseberries to be picked, and when the apple season came, she had to go round the orchard several times a-day to pick up the fallers."

  4. 4
    a person who fells trees wordnet
  5. 5
    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.
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  1. 6
    Synonym of feller (“one who cuts down trees”).

    "Fallers can make a tree fall exactly where they plan."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
fellerloggerlumberjacklumberman

Example

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"I've said that you girls on this side were not very whole-hearted fallers-in-love."

Etymology

From fall + -er.

Related phrases

off-faller

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