Defaulter
[dɪ'fɔltɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a contestant who forfeits a match.
(noun.) someone who fails to meet a financial obligation.
(noun.) someone who fails to make a required appearance in court.
Typist: Tyler--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.
(n.) One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Delinquent (in failing to appear in court, or in accounting for money intrusted).
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Debtor, insolvent, bankrupt
ANT:Defrayer, liquidator
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Examples
- Still, to have kept her grandmother's carriage at a defaulter's door! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He could only bite his nails and puff away to the next Defaulter. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- His name had been proclaimed as a defaulter on the Stock Exchange, and his bankruptcy and commercial extermination had followed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Somebody broke down in a piece of knitting, and no one but Sophy was able to put the defaulter in the right direction. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Woe to the defaulter whose appeal lay to the tribunal where those severe eyes presided. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Full sure was I that Madame had missed--was come in search of me, and designed now to pounce on the defaulter unawares. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Editor: Vlad