defaulter
Americannoun
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a person who defaults or fails to fulfill an obligation, especially a legal or financial one.
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British. a soldier convicted by court-martial.
noun
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a person who defaults
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a person, esp a soldier, who has broken the disciplinary code of his service
Etymology
Origin of defaulter
Example Sentences
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That’s nearly 2½ years older than the profile of a student-loan defaulter before the pandemic, according to Federal Reserve Bank of New York research.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Five years after becoming Africa's first Covid-era debt defaulter, Zambia is seeing a dramatic turnaround in fortunes as major powers vie for access to its vast reserves of copper.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
It’s my understanding that the defaulter put down $2,000 and my friend cosigned for him to borrow the rest.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025
Argentina - a serial defaulter which has long battled high inflation, currency weakness and indebtedness - struck a $57 billion deal with the IMF in 2018 to try and fix its economic woes.
From Reuters • Apr. 5, 2023
This year we have been a defaulter on the Moors.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
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