One who tarries or delays; a lingerer, procrastinator; one who stays or remains.

A person who postpones or defers taking action; a procrastinator. Formerly also: †a person who lingers in a place (obsolete).

A person who postpones, delays, or puts off something; a procrastinator. Now also: spec. a person who chooses to delay becoming a parent.

A person who or thing which prolongs something.

One who defers; a delayer, postponer.

waiter upon God (see to wait on or upon —— 8 at wait, v.1 phrasal verbs). †waiter upon time (obsolete), waiter upon Providence, one who awaits the…

A person who procrastinates; someone who habitually delays or puts off attending to matters.

One who seeks to gain time; a procrastinator, delayer; one who waits for a favourable time.

= protractor, n. 2.

A person who or (occasionally) thing which prolongs time or the duration of an action or process; someone who puts off or delays action. Obsolete.

A person who or thing which holds back, slows down, or delays something, esp. with regard to progress or development. Now rare.

One who acts tardily, a delayer.

A person who adjourns, or who is in favour of adjourning.

A person who postpones or delays something. Cf. cunctator, n.

†(a) a person who throws or launches a missile (obsolete); †(b) a person who passes something off fraudulently (obsolete); (c) a procrastinator.

a person who puts matters off till tomorrow; a procrastinator.

A person who or thing which delays or wastes time; a procrastinator.

One who shelves or puts aside.

One who stalls or prevaricates; a person who gains time by obstructionism.