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late risers

late risers is the plural of late riser.

Meaning of late riser

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

Questions about late risers

What is late risers the plural of?
Late risers is the plural of late riser.

Words near late risers in the dictionary

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

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