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oversleeper

oversleeper noun: one who oversleeps.

Noun

oversleeper (plural oversleepers)

  1. One who oversleeps.
    • With so many early-morning lectures, this is not a course for oversleepers.

Forms of oversleeper

pluraloversleepers

Origin of oversleeper

From oversleep + -er.

Questions about oversleeper

What does oversleeper mean?
Oversleeper means one who oversleeps.
What part of speech is oversleeper?
Oversleeper is a noun.
What is the plural of oversleeper?
The plural of oversleeper is oversleepers.

Words near oversleeper in the dictionary

  1. overslavish
  2. overslavishly
  3. overslay
  4. overslays
  5. oversleep
  6. oversleeper
  7. oversleepers
  8. oversleeping
  9. oversleeps
  10. oversleeve
  11. oversleeves

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