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FACER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does facer mean?
• FACER (noun)
The noun FACER has 1 sense:
1. (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced
Familiarity information: FACER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("facer" is a kind of...):
difficulty (a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
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