1840 C. H. Townshend ii. iii. 224 I have..mesmerised, as it is called, a glass of water, half an hour before it was presented to the sleep-waker.
1844 E. A. Poe in Aug. 70/2 As the sleep-waker pronounced these latter words..I observed upon his countenance a singular expression.
1884 May 807 The sleep-waker will continue to listen and reply.