Meaning
4 sensesA somnambulist; one who walks, or is active, while asleep.
someone who walks about in their sleep
A person from whom a voodoo practitioner (a bocor) has taken over control of their mind, making them a zombie who must do the bocor's bidding.
(figuratively)One who goes though life in a state of obliviousness.
(archaic)One in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep; someone in a hypnotic trance.
Examples
9 sentencesThey say never wake up a sleepwalker.
Are you a sleepwalker?
Tom is a sleepwalker.
ruТом - лунатик.
deTom ist Schlafwandler.
My foster son is a sleepwalker.
When you walk like that you look like a sleepwalker.
deWenn du so gehst, siehst du genauso aus wie eine Schlafwandlerin.
Origin
From sleep + walker or sleepwalk + -er.From sleep + walker or sleepwalk + -er.
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Forms
plural: sleepwalkersSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- someone who walks about in their sleep:somnambulistnoctambulist
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsleepwalk