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faller

The English word “faller” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. One who falls.
  2. A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.
  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”).

Etymology

From fall + -er.

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