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Definition of Facer
1. Noun. (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Facer
1. n. One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.
Definition of Facer
1. Noun. An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Facer
1. one that faces [n -S] - See also: faces
Lexicographical Neighbors of Facer
Literary usage of Facer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"The news of his having hit his leg yesterday has proved a facer. — Sporting Tima.
... Formerly facer meant an impudent fellow. Face the music, to (popular), ..."
2. The Spanish Stage in the Time of Lope de Vega by Hugo Albert Rennert (1909)
"de su resurrección que muestra que fue crucificado e resucitó al tercero dia:
tales cosas como estas que mueven al orne á facer bien e á haber devoción en ..."
3. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1896)
"Indeed, I have heard the late Lord Rivers, who knew him well, say that he never
remembered a fight in which the " facer " took part in which this fine type ..."
4. Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most by Henry Downes Miles (1906)
"Spring planted another facer, when Langan fought his way into a. close : a desperate
... Langan gave Spring a facer with his right hand, and tried to repeat ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"Martha Kemp, the wife of Isaac Kemp, and her son Anthony facer Kemp were ...
After the death of the testatrix a bill was filed by Anthony facer Kemp ; under ..."
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