faller

/ˈfɔlər/
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Other forms: fallers

Definitions of faller
  1. noun
    a person who falls
    “one of them was safe but they were unable to save the faller”
    “a faller among thieves”
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    type of:
    individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
    a human being
  2. noun
    a person who fells trees
    synonyms: feller, logger, lumberjack, lumberman
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    examples:
    Paul Bunyan
    a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada
    types:
    scorer
    a logger who marks trees to be felled
    type of:
    jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
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