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