"faller" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fallers [plural]
Etymology: From fall + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fall|er|id2=agent noun}} fall + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} faller (plural fallers)
  1. One who falls.
    Sense id: en-faller-en-noun-S7pLDGzz
  2. A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.
    Sense id: en-faller-en-noun-JplYM8Ex
  3. (engineering) 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. Categories (topical): Engineering
    Sense id: en-faller-en-noun-K1-TzGGg Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. Synonym of feller (“one who cuts down trees”) Synonyms: feller [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-faller-en-noun-GB19xdlz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 5 22 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 25 7 17 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: backfaller, counterfaller, off-faller

Inflected forms

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