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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who delays or lingers.
2. 2
   someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

postponerprocrastinatorprocrastinator

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cūnctātor (“delayer”); applied as a surname to Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus.

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