defaulter
/dɪˈfɔːltə/dih-FAWL-tur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/dɪˈfɔltɚ/dih-FAWL-tur
Meaningone who defaults
Common meaning: a person who fails to pay or appear
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- dedown, away, off; undoing
- faultto deceiveLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 721 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
‘down, away, off’ + ‘to deceive’ → defaulter
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from default + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DEFAULT, p.157 · scan
Roots
- fallō, fefellī, falsum Latin “to deceive”
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