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English : nickname for an indolent person, from Middle English sleper ‘sleeper’.
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English (of Norman origin) : nickname for a lazy man or a sleepyhead, from Old French dormeor ‘sleeper’, ‘sluggard’ (Latin dormitor, from dormire to sleep).English : most probably a habitational name, as medieval forms with de are found, but if so the place of origin has not been identified.Irish : when not of the same origin as 1 or 2, this is a reduced Anglicized form of the Donegal name Ó DÃorma, a reduced form of Ó DuibhdhÃormaigh ‘descendant of DuibhdhÃormach’, a personal name composed of Gaelic dubh ‘black’ + dÃormach ‘trooper’.
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One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a stringpiece.
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A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
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One who slumbers; a sleeper.
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One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter.
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One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story.
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A railway sleeper lying parallel with the rail.
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A sleeping car.
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A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix).
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An animal that hibernates, as the bear.
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The sleepers, and fastenings, in distinction from the roadbed.
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That which lies dormant, as a law.
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One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.
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An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
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A nurse shark. See under Nurse.
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The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.
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A gobioid fish (Eleotris gyrinus) of the Southern United States; -- called also sleeper.
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A framework of sleepers and crossbeams forming a foundation in marshy or treacherous soil.
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Something lying in a reclining posture or position.
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A longitudinal sleeper.