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NOCTAMBULIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does noctambulist mean? 

NOCTAMBULIST (noun)
  The noun NOCTAMBULIST has 1 sense:

1. someone who walks about in their sleepplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


NOCTAMBULIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who walks about in their sleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

noctambulist; sleepwalker; somnambulist

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

sleeper; slumberer (a rester who is sleeping)

Derivation:

noctambulism (walking by a person who is asleep)


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