English Explanatory Dictionary

sleepwalker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A somnambulist; one who walks, or is active, while asleep.
  2. One in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep; someone in a hypnotic trance.
  3. A person from whom a voodoo practitioner (a bocor) has taken over control of their mind, making them a zombie who must do the bocor's bidding.
  4. One who goes though life in a state of obliviousness.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

sleepwalker sleepwalkers sleep-walker

Etymology

From sleep + walker or sleepwalk + -er.

Synonyms

somnambulist
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