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fall•er
(fô′lər),USA pronunciation n.
- a person or thing that falls.
- any of various devices that operate by falling.
- Textilesa device for cleaning, straightening, and separating fibers during combing of worsted stock, consisting of a series of metal pins set into a rectangular bar or rod.
- a logger hired to cut down trees;
feller.
- 1400–50; late Middle English; see fall, -er1
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