English Dictionary

facer

/ˈfeɪsə(ɹ)/

noun

An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat. / (obsolete) One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.

The underdog team delivered a facer to the reigning champions.

意味（1）

An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat.

“You're such a snob,” she said, with a provoking laugh; coming from the family he was thought to be snobbish about, this was a bit of a facer.

意味（2）

(obsolete) One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.

意味（3）

(obsolete) A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.

I made £150 by Alton Locke, and never lost a farthing; and I got, not in spite of, but by the rows, a name and a standing with many a one who would never have heard of me otherwise, and I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer, while I was winning by the cross, though I didn't mean to fight one.