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SLUMBERER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rester who is sleeping

Synonyms:

sleeper; slumberer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("slumberer" is a kind of...):

rester (a person who rests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slumberer"):

dreamer (someone who is dreaming)

Rip van Winkle (a person who sleeps a lot)

sleeping beauty (a person who is sleeping soundly)

noctambulist; sleepwalker; somnambulist (someone who walks about in their sleep)

snorer (someone who snores while sleeping)

somniloquist (someone who talks while asleep)

Derivation:

slumber (be asleep)

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