Meaning of sleepwaker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep; someone in a hypnotic trance.
   archaic
2. A sleepwalker; one who walks in their sleep.
   obsolete, rare

Examples

“I once asked a sleepwaker whether she could perceive any analogy between animal and mineral magnetism, when she replied, ' There is an analogy — but the latter is of a coarser nature.'”

“Another sleepwaker informed her magnetiser that if he would breathe⟳ upon his hand, and then lay⟳ it on her forehead, his power would be increased.”

“A lady present⟳ when Mademoiselle M——had been mesmerized by me, went up to the sleepwaker and spoke to her for some time.”

“As I have⟳ before said, he had been, in shildhood, a natural sleepwaker; and I now add⟳ , on the testimony of his father, that he would sometimes rise⟳ in the night, take⟳ out his flute, ( an instru- ment which he was studying professionally,) place⟳ music before him, and play⟳ from notes, continuing to turn⟳ over the leaves of the music-book correctly, although his eyes were closely shut⟳.”

“He begins to speak⟳, arises from his bed, walks about, and now becomes a sleepwaker.”

“In addition, about 4 million Americans are occasional or habitual sleepwakers.”

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