facer

1. 1.

   (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced

   Broaderdifficulty

   United Kingdom

Other forms of facer

plural

facers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about facer

What does facer mean?

facer means "(a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced".

How many syllables are in facer?

facer has 2 syllables: fa-cer. The stress falls on "fa". In IPA it is /ˈfeɪsɚ/.