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late riser

late riser noun: someone who gets up late in the morning.

Noun

late riser (plural late risers)

  1. Someone who gets up late in the morning.
    • One oddity of the Scottish Region timetable is that the special page (52) devoted to the "Midday Scot" shows, among other meal prices, that of breakfast, on trains beginning their journeys at 1.30 p.m. Some Scots (or Sassenachs) would appear to be late risers!1963 June, “British Railways Summer Timetables: Scottish Region improves connections with Kings Cross”, in Modern Railways, page 382

Antonyms of late riser

Forms of late riser

plurallate risers

Questions about late riser

What does late riser mean?
Late riser means someone who gets up late in the morning.
What part of speech is late riser?
Late riser is a noun.
What is the plural of late riser?
The plural of late riser is late risers.

Words near late riser in the dictionary

  1. late on
  2. late pass
  3. late passes
  4. Late Period
  5. late position
  6. late riser
  7. late risers
  8. late stage capitalism
  9. late tackle
  10. late tackles
  11. late talker

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