# faller

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #91,487

## Definitions
1. One who falls.
2. A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked.
3. A part which acts by falling, such as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks.
4. Synonym of feller (“one who cuts down trees”).

## Etymology
From fall + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/faller