waker
One who wakens or arouses from sleepOne who wakens or arouses from sleep.
Meaning
4 sensesOne who wakens or arouses from sleep.
an early waker
someone who rouses others from sleep
One who wakes somebody or something.
a person who awakes
An alarm clock.
In the Rust programming language, a handle that "wakes up" a task by notifying its executor that it is ready to be run.
Origin
From Middle English wakere, equivalent to wake + -er. Compare West Frisian wekker (“alarmFrom Middle English wakere, equivalent to wake + -er. Compare West Frisian wekker (“alarm clock”, literally “waker”), Dutch wekker, German Wecker.
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