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defaulter|dɪˈfɔːltə(r)|
[f. default v. + -er.]
a. One who is guilty of default; esp. one who fails to perform some duty or obligation legally required of him; one who fails to appear when required.
1666–7Marvell Corr. lxv. Wks. 1872–5 II. 206 On Friday the defaulters upon the call of the House are to be called over. 1686Plot Staffordsh. 436 The defaulters being many, and the amercements by the Officers perhaps not sometimes over reasonable. 1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v. Default, Judgment may be given against the defaulter. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair lvi, Master Osborne, you came a little late this morning, and have been a defaulter in this respect more than once. 1877Black Green Past. xi. (1878) 85 There was no chance of a defaulter sneaking off in the night without paying his fourpence.
b. Mil. A soldier guilty of a military crime or offence. Also attrib.
1823in Crabb Techn. Dict. 1844Regul. & Ord. Army 119 Confinement to the Defaulters' Room for any period not exceeding seven days..being drilled with the Defaulters during that time. 1853Stocqueler Milit. Encycl., Defaulters' Book, a regimental record of the crimes of the men. 1892Daily News 25 Mar. 3/2, I attach a copy of Private O'Grady's defaulter-sheet.
c. One who fails properly to account for money or other property entrusted to his care, esp. through having misappropriated it to his own use.
1806Webster, Defaulter, one who fails in payment, a debtor. 1823Crabb Techn. Dict., Defaulter (Com.), one who is deficient in his accounts, or fails in making his accounts correct. 1856E. A. Bond Russia at Close 16th C. (Hakluyt Soc.) Introd. 81 He was soon..denounced..as a defaulter in his accounts. 1887Westm. Rev. June 298 The Receiver-General for Lower Canada became a defaulter to the extent of {pstlg}96,000 of public money.
d. One who fails to meet his money engagements; one who becomes bankrupt.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Defaulter..a trader who fails in his payments, or is unable to meet his engagements. 1887Pall Mall G. 28 June 9/2 Mr. H―. has been officially declared a defaulter upon the Stock Exchange. |