# sleepwalker

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #77,206

## Definitions
1. A somnambulist; one who walks, or is active, while asleep.
2. One in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep; someone in a hypnotic trance.
3. A person from whom a voodoo practitioner (a bocor) has taken over control of their mind, making them a zombie who must do the bocor's bidding.
4. One who goes though life in a state of obliviousness.

## Etymology
From sleep + walker or sleepwalk + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sleepwalker