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▪ I. failer|ˈfeɪlə(r)| [f. as prec. + -er1.] One who fails, in senses of the vb.
1362Langl. P. Pl. A. ii. 99 Fals is a faytur, a faylere or werkes. c1690Roxb. Ball. VII. 181 Cabbidge..of which you are no failer. 1728in Memorabilia Domestica (1889) 12 To be paid by the party failler to the party performer. 1796Mod. Gulliver's Trav. 159 'Tis easy! and..Wou'd give the honest failer halcyon days. 1884Browning Ferishtah (ed. 3) 143 On his sole head, failer or succeeder, Lay the blame or lit the praise. ▪ II. failer obs. f. of failure. |