LINGERER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lingerer mean? 

• LINGERER (noun)
  The noun LINGERER has 1 sense:

1. someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place

  Familiarity information: LINGERER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINGERER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

lingerer; loiterer

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

dawdler; drone; laggard; lagger; poke; trailer (someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind)

Derivation:

linger (be about)

 Context examples 

Then just as the gangway was about to be withdrawn, it suddenly came over her that a whole ocean was soon to roll between her and those who loved her best, and she clung to Laurie, the last lingerer, saying with a sob...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)