Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who lingers or loiters; a procrastinator.
  • noun One who or that which causes delay; one who hinders or obstructs.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who delays; one who lingers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who delays.
  • noun A substance that is used to slow the rate of combustion of a solid rocket fuel so as to make it more controllable
  • verb To remove layers; to strip away levels.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Combination of delay + -er.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Combination of de- + layer.

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Examples

  • Among other findings:•Women with a college degree are experiencing what the bureau calls a "delayer boom" — they're having babies at later ages than other women and having fewer children overall.

    White women more likely to be childless, Census says 2011

  • Among other findings:•Women with a college degree are experiencing what the bureau calls a "delayer boom" — they're having babies at later ages than other women and having fewer children overall.

    White women more likely to be childless, Census says 2011

  • Obama has taken a very similar stance as Bush when it comes to the UN by demanding China and India participate and he has acted as a "delayer" when it comes to climate policy.

    Latest Articles 2009

  • He said he's confident that recent changes in the leadership team and efforts to "delayer the organization" will improve its performance.

    Thomson Reuters CEO Cautions on Markets Unit Russell Adams 2011

  • May 01, 2009 at 11: 58 PM try startup delayer to set some of the non-essential programs to start up later.

    How To Stop Windows From Shutting Down | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Mischel found that while the low delayer stared at the marshmallow until he could resist it no longer, high delayers distracted themselves, often playing with toys or singing while waiting for the researcher to return.

    Testing for Kindergarten Karen Quinn 2010

  • Mischel found that while the low delayer stared at the marshmallow until he could resist it no longer, high delayers distracted themselves, often playing with toys or singing while waiting for the researcher to return.

    Testing for Kindergarten Karen Quinn 2010

  • Mischel found that while the low delayer stared at the marshmallow until he could resist it no longer, high delayers distracted themselves, often playing with toys or singing while waiting for the researcher to return.

    Testing for Kindergarten Karen Quinn 2010

  • Although lesser dictionaries give it the abbreviated meaning of ‘delayer or procrastinator,’ the Oxford English Dictionary will inform that it was once more commonly used to mean ‘one who delays past the appropriate time for departure.’

    Word Fugitives 2008

  • Mischel found that while the low delayer stared at the marshmallow until he could resist it no longer, high delayers distracted themselves, often playing with toys or singing while waiting for the researcher to return.

    Testing for Kindergarten Karen Quinn 2010

  • It seemed like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was doing that this week when she used the term “climate delayer” to call out those dragging their feet on climate change.

    Could 'climate delayer' become the political epithet of our times? Matthew Cantor 2021

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