Somnambulist
WordNet
noun
(1) Someone who walks about in their sleep
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Latin Somnat meaning pertaining to sleep + Ambulat meaning pertaining to walking
Noun
- A person who walks about in his or her sleep; a sleepwalker.
- 1824, Sir Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well, ch. 17:
- The clergyman floundered a moment, as is usual with an absent man who is recovering the train of his ideas, or a somnambulist when he is suddenly awakened.
- 1824, Sir Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well, ch. 17: