snorer

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noun

A person who snores (or is snoring).

“One snorer can keep a whole room of sleepy people awake.”

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Meanings

nounsnorer (plural snorers)

plural snorers

  1. A person who snores (or is snoring).

    One snorer can keep a whole room of sleepy people awake.

    1 more example

    But there, Erskine was not a snorer. And yet to look at him, or hear him sing his song, you would have taken him for a snorer, a great snorer.

    1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

Origin

From snore + -er.

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Translations

Finnish kuorsaaja
  • kuorsaajaperson who snores
French ronfleur, ronfleuse
  • ronfleurperson who snores
  • ronfleuseperson who snores
German Schnarcher, Schnarcherin
  • Schnarcherperson who snores
  • Schnarcherinperson who snores
Russian храпу́н, храпу́нья
  • храпу́н (xrapún)person who snores
  • храпу́нья (xrapúnʹja)person who snores

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

snorer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snorer

MLA

“snorer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snorer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snorer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snorer.

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