Facer /(fā"sẽr)/

Fa·cer

Facer

n.
  1. One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. [Obs.]
    There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor fasers.
  2. A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. [Collog.]
    I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer.
    — C. Kingsley.
  3. a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced. [obsolescent Briticism]