Delayer

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who lingers or loiters; a procrastinator.
  • noun. One who or that which causes delay; one who hinders or obstructs.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who delays; one who lingers.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who delays.
  • noun. A substance that is used to slow the rate of combustion of a solid rocket fuel so as to make it more controllable
  • verb. To remove layers; to strip away levels.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late
  • Word Usage
    "Among other findings:•Women with a college degree are experiencing what the bureau calls a "delayer boom" — they're having babies at later ages than other women and having fewer children overall."
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