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faulter

noun

Etymology

From fault + -er.

  1. derived from falsus
  2. derived from *fallita✻
  3. derived from faute
  4. derived from faute
  5. inherited from faulte
  6. suffixed as faulter — “fault + er”

Definitions

  1. One who commits a fault.

    • Behold the faulter here in sight.

  2. Archaic spelling of falter.

    • The penitent shower fell, as down he knelt Before that care-worn sage, who trembling felt About his large dark locks, and faultering spake: Arise, good youth, for sacred Phoebus’ sake!
    • “You know all, then?”—“I know nothing,” said Melmoth faultering.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA