faller
/fˈɔlɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.03 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who falls.
noun
A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.
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.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "I've said that you girls on this side were not very whole-hearted fallers-in-love."
- "Most trippers and fallers I know fall forward, but it could have happened. He could have gone out for a midnight walk, he could have wanted to commune with the moon from the middle of the log, he could have tripped and fallen backward […]"
- "Significantly more cervical spine injuries were seen in fallers as opposed to jumpers."
- "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."
- "Fallers can make a tree fall exactly where they plan."
- "A worker who assists fallers and/or sawyers in clearing away brush, limbs and small trees, […]"
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.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
off-faller