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defaulter
[ dih-fawl-ter ]
noun
- a person who defaults or fails to fulfill an obligation, especially a legal or financial one.
- British. a soldier convicted by court-martial.
defaulter
/ dɪˈfɔːltə /
noun
- a person who defaults
- a person, esp a soldier, who has broken the disciplinary code of his service
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Word History and Origins
Origin of defaulter1
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Example Sentences
The King is attended by a numerous band of courtiers and attendants, all of whom seem moving forward to arrest the defaulter.
For who could tell the name of a defaulter at the station, but Mrs. Darcy?
There could be no other answer, he said, and he could give none for Putney to carry back to the defaulter's daughters.
I don't understand you, Matt, saying your father's part is more odious than a self-confessed defaulter's.
Anyway, the American defaulter who goes to Canada never makes any effort to grow up with the country.
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