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 

• FACER (noun)

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)