defaulter
a person who defaults or fails to fulfill an obligation, especially a legal or financial one.
British. a soldier convicted by court-martial.
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How to use defaulter in a sentence
The King is attended by a numerous band of courtiers and attendants, all of whom seem moving forward to arrest the defaulter.
The Fortunes of Nigel | Sir Walter ScottFor who could tell the name of a defaulter at the station, but Mrs. Darcy?
My New Curate | P.A. SheehanThere could be no other answer, he said, and he could give none for Putney to carry back to the defaulter's daughters.
The Quality of Mercy | W. D. HowellsI don't understand you, Matt, saying your father's part is more odious than a self-confessed defaulter's.
The Quality of Mercy | W. D. HowellsAnyway, the American defaulter who goes to Canada never makes any effort to grow up with the country.
The Quality of Mercy | W. D. Howells
British Dictionary definitions for defaulter
/ (dɪˈfɔːltə) /
a person who defaults
mainly British a person, esp a soldier, who has broken the disciplinary code of his service
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