facer

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun One that faces, especially a device used in smoothing or dressing a surface.
• noun An unexpected, stunning blow or defeat.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A post-office employee whose business is to arrange letters with their faces in one direction.
• noun One who faces; one who puts on a bold face.
• noun A severe blow on the face; hence, any sudden cheek that staggers one.
• noun A bumper of wine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun obsolete One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.
• noun Collog. A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.
• noun obsolescent Briticism, obsolescent Briticism a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat
• noun obsolete One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.
• noun obsolete A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun (a dated Briticism) a serious difficulty with which one is suddenly faced