facer

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fac=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

facer, n. 

•  One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.  [1913 Webster]

  "There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor fasers."  [1913 Webster]
•  A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.  [1913 Webster]

  "I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer."
•  a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

facer, n. colloq.
1 a sudden difficulty or obstacle.
2 a blow in the face.