Postponer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who postpones.

    "Rock’s shaggy dog story is Guns N’ Roses’ endlessly postponed “Chinese Democracy”; in hip-hop-soul, the great postponer is Lauryn Hill, the former Fugee who has not made a proper studio album in nine years."

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

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cunctatorprocrastinatorprocrastinator

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"Rock’s shaggy dog story is Guns N’ Roses’ endlessly postponed “Chinese Democracy”; in hip-hop-soul, the great postponer is Lauryn Hill, the former Fugee who has not made a proper studio album in nine years."

Etymology

From postpone + -er.

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