Thesaurus: facer

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1. n. (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced
2. 1. One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. [Obs.] There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor fasers. Latimer. 2. A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. [Collog.] I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer. C. Kingsley.
3. n. (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced