wake
verb (used without object)
to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed byup ).
waker
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a word derived from
wake.
Example Sentences
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Gilfoyle was a graceless sleeper and a surly waker.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
If "the waker" came for the second time, then the feet also were threatened with temporary paralysis.
From Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
The tree-covered wharves and the typical Dutch crowds, the dog-drawn little carts and the "morning waker," are all there.
From The Automobilist Abroad by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
Be then a waker, and rise quickly, and thank heartily thy Lord God, for the rest thou hast had, and for the care of angels.
From The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises by Geraldine Emma Hodgson
An’ the waker the patients is, the sooner they comes round; so don’t let yer sperrits down, Mr Mitford.”
From The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
