Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person. 2. (n.) That which lies dormant, as a law. 3. (n.) A sleeping car. 4. (n.) An animal that hibernates, as the bear. 5. (n.) A large fresh-water gobioid fish (Eleotris dormatrix). 6. (n.) A nurse shark. See under Nurse. 7. (n.) Something lying in a reclining posture or position. 8. (n.) One of the pieces of timber, stone, or iron, on or near the level of the ground, for the support of some superstructure, to steady framework, to keep in place the rails of a railway, etc.; a string piece. 9. (n.) One of the joists, or roughly shaped timbers, laid directly upon the ground, to receive the flooring of the ground story. 10. (n.) One of the knees which connect the transoms to the after timbers on the ship's quarter. 11. (n.) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.

Multi-Version Concordance Sleeper (3 Occurrences) Ephesians 5:14 For this reason it is said, "Rise, sleeper; rise from among the dead, and Christ will shed light upon you." (WEY NAS RSV NIV) Psalms 78:65 And the Lord waketh as a sleeper, As a mighty one crying aloud from wine. (YLT) Jonah 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won't perish." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)