Definition of Lingerer

1. Noun. Someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place.

Exact synonyms: Loiterer
Generic synonyms: Dawdler, Drone, Laggard, Lagger, Poke, Trailer
Derivative terms: Linger, Loiter

Definition of Lingerer

1. n. One who lingers.

Definition of Lingerer

1. Noun. Agent noun of linger; one who lingers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lingerer

1. one that lingers [n -S] - See also: lingers

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lingerer

lingas
lingberries
lingberry
lingchi
lingcod
lingcods
lingel
lingels
lingenberries
lingenberry
lingence
lingences
linger
linger over
lingered
lingerer (current term)
lingerers
lingerie
lingeries
lingering
lingering(a)
lingeringly
lingers
lingier
lingiest
lingism
lingle
lingles
lingling-o
lingling-os

Literary usage of Lingerer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Noontime Messages in a College Chapel: Sixty-nine Short Addresses to Young (1917)
"... XXIII LOT THE lingerer "He lingered."—Gen. 19: 16. r|1HE subway is lined with lights, some for illumination, -•• some for invitation, sc.me for warning. ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Loiterer, lingerer, idler, laggard, sau merer. Lagger» M. Loiterer, laggard. Lagoon, '•'. Lake (shallow and communicating with, tke sea). Lair, n. ..."

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