snorer
(ˈsnɔərə(r))
[f. snore v.]
1. a. One who snores.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 462/1 Snorare, stertor. 1611 Cotgr., Ronfleur, a snorer, a snorter. 1694 Motteux Rabelais xliii. (1737) 174 Old Goodman æolus, the Snorer. 1751 Smollett Per. Pic. (1779) II. lvii. 155 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 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.
| 1891 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. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. 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.
| 1871 Daily News 6 Nov., We lay our course famously, running..before a regular snorer—a strong sea on [etc.]. |