Sleepwaker
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sleepwaker is a noun meaning (archaic) One in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep; someone in a hypnotic trance.
Meaning
(archaic) One in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep; someone in a hypnotic trance.
More Meanings
- (rare, obsolete) A sleepwalker; one who walks in their sleep.
Example Sentences
In addition, about 4 million Americans are occasional or habitual sleepwakers.
He begins to speak, arises from his bed, walks about, and now becomes a sleepwaker.
A lady present when Mademoiselle M——had been mesmerized by me, went up to the sleepwaker and spoke to her for some time.
Another sleepwaker informed her magnetiser that if he would breathe upon his hand, and then lay it on her forehead, his power would be increased.
Word Forms
- sleepwakers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sleepwaking, mesmerisee, watch, mesmerism, wakespan, spellbinder.
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