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faulter

faulter noun: one who commits a fault. Also the archaic spelling of falter.

Noun

faulter (plural faulters)

  1. (obsolete) One who commits a fault.
    • Behold the faulter here in sight.1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield...

Also used as

faulter is also the archaic spelling of falter.

Forms of faulter

Noun
pluralfaulters
Verb
third-person singular presentfaulters
present participlefaultering
past participlefaultered
pastfaultered

Origin of faulter

From fault + -er.

Questions about faulter

What does faulter mean?
Faulter means one who commits a fault.
What part of speech is faulter?
Faulter is a noun.
What is the plural of faulter?
The plural of faulter is faulters.

Words near faulter in the dictionary

  1. fault-tolerant
  2. faultable
  3. faultage
  4. faultages
  5. faulted
  6. faulter
  7. faultered
  8. faultering
  9. faulteringly
  10. faulterings
  11. faulters

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