faulter

noun

fault·​er

-tər

plural -s

dialectal, British

: a wrongdoer especially against the church

Word History

Etymology

alteration (influenced by -er, noun suffix) of Middle English (Scots) fautor, fautour wrongdoer, from Middle English fauten to commit a fault + -or, -our -or

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