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SNORER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snorer mean?
• SNORER (noun)
The noun SNORER has 1 sense:
1. someone who snores while sleeping
Familiarity information: SNORER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who snores while sleeping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("snorer" is a kind of...):
sleeper; slumberer (a rester who is sleeping)
Derivation:
snore (breathe noisily during one's sleep)
Context examples
As for sounds, there was the steady drone of the snorers and a small occasional noise, a flickering or pecking that I could in no way account for.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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