early riser

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Noun

early riser (plural early risers)

1. Someone who rises (gets up) early in the morning.

   I was surprised to see him asleep at 10:00, as he's normally such an early riser.

   • 1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXXI, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 186:

     As we strolled along admiring the many-masted vessels, an old man, an early riser and doubtless a poor sleeper (as so many old people are) stopped us.

   • 1997, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 33, in Mason & Dixon, 1st US edition, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, part Two: America, page 327:

     An hour's pause in the journey, wherein early Risers may practise, each day, upon a diff'rent set of Travelers. Flirting? Cards? Coffee and Chatter? the Hope is for a productive, when not amusing, Hour.

Synonyms

• early bird
• morning person

Antonyms

• nighthawk
• night owl
• night person
• late riser

Translations

early bird — see early bird