sunriser

Noun

sunriser (plural sunrisers)

1. An early riser who gets up at dawn.
   • He was up with the first “sunrisers” and his ax was the last to break the stillness at night.1916, Anne Shannon Monroe, Happy Valley: A Story of Oregon, page 129
   • When he woke that morning she was sitting up. That in itself was unusual, for Joseph is a sunriser.1958, Jean Ariss, The quick years, page 219
2. An alcoholic beverage drunk early in the morning.
   • Stefan took out a brandy flask. "Would you like a sunriser?"1978, Noel Pierce, Praetorius Point, page 167
   • So far as I could see, the African resident likes a sunriser, an eleven o'clocker, an appetizer before lunch, a great many sundowners, and a few nightcaps.1990, Kenneth M. Cameron, Into Africa: the story of the East African safari, page 128
3. One who likes novelty and change; one who is optimistic about new endeavors.
   • What causes this resistance is among the great mysterious defects of national life. But is it, as the sunrisers claim, diminishing in its obstructive force?1986, Management Today
   • Those who put priority on promoting high tech industry (sunrisers) and those who emphasized the need to protect declining industries (sunsetters) were unable to agree on a common approach.1986, Harvard University. Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Annual Review, page 7