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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