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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. someone who fails to make a required appearance in court;

2. someone who fails to meet a financial obligation;
[syn: defaulter, deadbeat]

3. a contestant who forfeits a match;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Defaulter \De*fault"er\, n. 1. One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called. [1913 Webster] 2. One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

defaulter n 1: someone who fails to make a required appearance in court 2: someone who fails to meet a financial obligation [syn: defaulter, deadbeat] 3: a contestant who forfeits a match
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

DEFAULTER, com. law. One who is deficient in his accounts, or falls in making his accounts correct.