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Slumberer

Definition: Slumberer

Slumberer

Noun

1. A rester who is sleeping.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "slumberer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references)


Synonym: Slumberer

Synonym: sleeper (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Slumberer

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Inactivity

Idler, drone, droil, dawdle, mopus; do-little faineant, dummy, sleeping partner; afternoon farmer; truant; (runaway) : bummer, loafer, goldbrick, goldbicker, lounger, lazzarone; lubber, lubbard; slow coach; (slow.); opium eater, lotus eater; slug; lag, sluggard, slugabed; slumberer, dormouse, marmot; waiter on Providence, fruges consumere natus.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Translation: Slumberer

Language Translations for "slumberer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

κοιμωμένοσ ελαφρά. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מ מן. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szendergő (slumberous, slumbery), alvó (asleep, dormant, sleeper, sleeping, slumberous, slumbery). (various references)

   

Manx

  

saveenagh (dozy, drowsy, sleepy, somnolent). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

umbererslay

   

Russian 

  

соня (dormouse, lie-abed, sleeper, sleepyhead, slugabed, slug-abed). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người hay ngủ. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Slumberer

Derivations

Words beginning with "slumberer": slumberers. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Slumberer"

Words rhyming with "slumberer" (pronounced 'Slum"ber*er'): Abaiser, Abandoner, Abaser, Abater, Abhorrer, Abider, Abjurer, Abolisher, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Abutter, Acater, Acceder, Accelerometer, Accepter, Accipenser, Accipiter, Acclaimer, Accompanier, Accomplisher, Accorder, Accruer, Accumber, Accuser, Acetifier, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Achiever, Acidifier, Acidimeter, Acipenser, Acknowledger, Acoumeter, Acquirer, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adducer, Adelaster, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admeasurer. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Slumberer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: lumberers.

Words within the letters "b-e-e-l-m-r-r-s-u"

-1 letter: lumberer, rumblers.

-2 letters: burlers, embrues, lemures, lumbers, relumes, resumer, rumbler, rumbles, slumber.

-3 letters: bemuse, bermes, blumes, brumes, burler, embers, embrue, lemurs, lumber, lurers, merles, murres, rebels, relume, resume, rubles, rulers, rumble, umbels, umbers, umbles.

-4 letters: beers, berme, berms, bluer, blues, blume, blurs, brees, brume, burls, burrs, burse, ember, emeus, leers, lemur, lubes, lurer, lures.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-e-l-m-r-r-s-u"
 

+1 letter: mulberries, slumberers.

 

+3 letters: reimbursable.

 

+4 letters: troublemakers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Slumberer


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6C 75 6D 62 65 72 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    .-..    ..-    --    -...    .    .-.    .    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101100 01110101 01101101 01100010 01100101 01110010 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#108 &#117 &#109 &#98 &#101 &#114 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006C 0075 006D 0062 0065 0072 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

537887796871847184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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