SUNDOWNER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sundowner mean? 

• SUNDOWNER (noun)
  The noun SUNDOWNER has 2 senses:

1. a tramp who habitually arrives at sundown

2. a drink taken at sundown

  Familiarity information: SUNDOWNER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUNDOWNER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tramp who habitually arrives at sundown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sundowner" is a kind of...):

clochard; drifter; floater; vagabond; vagrant (a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support)

Domain region:

Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A drink taken at sundown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("sundowner" is a kind of...):

drink (a single serving of a beverage)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)