Defaulter

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  defaulter
       n 1: someone who fails to make a required appearance in court
       2: someone who fails to meet a financial obligation [syn: {deadbeat}]
       3: a contestant who forfeits a match

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

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