name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
faller
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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CMU ARPABET: F AO1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who falls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.
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noun
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
Synonym of feller (“one who cuts down trees”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: feller
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noun
Meaning 6
a person who falls
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- one of them was safe but they were unable to save the faller
- a faller among thieves
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
noun
Meaning 7
a person who fells trees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lumberman, lumberjack, logger, feller
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
Narrower terms: scorer, Bunyan, Paul Bunyan
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English fall Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English faller From fall + -er.