catnapper

¹ American  

[kat-nap-er] / ˈkætˌnæp ər /

noun

1. a person who takes catnaps, especially regularly or habitually.

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catnapper ² American  

[kat-nap-er] / ˈkætˌnæp ər /

Or catnaper

noun

1. a person who steals cats.

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Etymology

Origin of catnapper¹

catnap + -er ¹

Origin of catnapper²

First recorded in 1940–45; cat ( def. ) + -nap + -er ¹

Example Sentences

I would answer as if The Cat was mine, in denial about my new status as a catnapper.

From BBC

So graceful that it looks as if it could barely support the average weekend catnapper, the Zephyr is sturdy, stable and weather resistant.

From Time Magazine Archive

But, as an accomplished catnapper, he fell asleep at the signing table and had to be awakened to scratch his signature on the contract.

From Time Magazine Archive

The exhausted catnapper was M. Aristide Briand—for the eighth time an ex-Premier of France.

From Time Magazine Archive