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Definition of Somnambulist

1. Noun. Someone who walks about in their sleep.

Definition of Somnambulist

1. n. A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist.

Definition of Somnambulist

1. Noun. A person who walks about in his or her sleep; a sleepwalker. ¹

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Definition of Somnambulist

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Somnambulist

1. One who is subject to somnambulism. Synonym: sleepwalker. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Somnambulist

Literary usage of Somnambulist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1838)
"The somnambulist persisted, notwithstanding, in saying that she saw a word beginning with an M. ... The reporter was taking notes close to the somnambulist. ..."

2. The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity: With References to the Scotch and by John Hutton Balfour Browne (1880)
"somnambulist Liable to Action for Trespass.— A somnambulist is of course liable in an action of trespass for any injury doue to the property of others. ..."

3. Chambers' Edinburgh Journal by Robert Chambers, William Chambers (1845)
"But supposing the sense of touch sufficient to pilot the somnambulist past ... In order to ascertain whether the somnambulist made any use of his eyes, ..."

4. A Practical Manual of Animal Magnetism: Containing an Exposition of the by Alphonse Téste, Daniel Spillan (1843)
"Magnetising of one somnambulist by another somnambulist. This is an experiment which I have never made, but which I propose ..."

5. Practical Instruction in Animal Magnetism by Joseph Philippe François Deleuze (1843)
"We cannot be certain that a somnambulist will not deceive himself, ... If the somnambulist has a sensible and enlightened man for a magnetizer, ..."

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