snorern.
/ˈsnɔːrə/, U.S. /ˈsnɔrər/ 1.
a. One who snores.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [noun] > snoring > person
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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 462/1 Snorare, stertor.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ronfleur, a snorer, a snorter.
1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) xliii. 174 Old Goodman Æolus, the Snorer.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxi. 180 The face of the gaping snorer.
1864 G. W. Dasent Jest & Earnest (1873) I. 49 Our friend..is not the Club snorer whose feats he recalls so painfully.
1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims i. 40 This unwritten play.., composed by the dullest snorer on the floor of the watch-house.
b. slang. The nose.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun]
noseeOE
naseeOE
nebeOE
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grunyie?a1513
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proboscis1631
handle to (also of, on) one's face1675
snot-gall1685
nozzle1689
bowsprit1690
smeller1699
snitch1699
trunk1699
vessel1813
index1817
conk1819
sneezer1820
scent box1826
snorter1829
snuff-box1829
bugle1847
beak1854
nasal1854
sniffer1858
boko1859
snoot1861
snorer1891
horn1893
spectacles-seat1895
razzo1899
beezer1915
schnozzle1926
schnozzola1929
schnozz1930
snozzle1930
honker1942
hooter1958
1891 J. S. Farmer Slang II. 168/1 Conk,..the nose... English synonyms..snorer; [etc.].
1925 O. Jespersen Mankind, Nation & Individual viii. 156 Lastly we have Slang-words for..the Nose. Danish, snude... Engl., a number of expressions:..snorter, snorer.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren ix. 155 Children go in for short sharp words, as in their more usual names for parts of the body:..‘snorer’, ‘snozzle’, and ‘boko’ for nose.
2. A stiff breeze or wind.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind
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racka1400
galea1547
Euroclydon1561
huff-gale1582
whiskera1598
gale-wind1628
sniffler1768
snifter1768
storm wind1839
buster1848
snorter1855
snorer1871
blusterer1877
ripsnorter1889
smeller1898
hurricane wind1921
1871 Daily News 6 Nov. We lay our course famously, running..before a regular snorer—a strong sea on [etc.].
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