faller — English Dictionary

Noun

1. One who falls.

   Examples

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

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   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.

2. A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.

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   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.

3. 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.

4. Synonym of feller (“one who cuts down trees”).

   Examples

   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, […]

Noun

1. a person who fells trees

   Synonyms

   lumberjackloggerfeller

   Broader terms

   laborermanual laborerlabourerjack

2. a person who falls

   Broader terms

   actordoerworker

   Examples

   one of them was safe but they were unable to save the faller

   a faller among thieves