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Spy in place with no immediate mission
A sleeper agent is a spy or operative who is placed in a target country or organization, not to undertake an immediate mission, but instead to act as
Sleeper_agent
American band
Sleeper Agent was an American band from Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. Their debut album, Celabrasion, was released on September 27, 2011, following
Sleeper_Agent_(band)
Clandestine acquisition of confidential information
cover is blown. Triple agent: works for three intelligence services.[how?] Fabricator: used to spread disinformation. Sleeper agent: recruited to wake up
Espionage
Successful media that was initially unsuccessful
In the entertainment industry, a sleeper hit is a film, television series, music release, video game or other entertainment product that was initially
Sleeper_hit
2011 studio album by Sleeper Agent
Celabrasion is the debut album by American rock band Sleeper Agent. The album was produced by Jay Joyce and released digitally on iTunes on August 2,
Celabrasion
High performance car with an unassuming exterior
car. The American name for this type of vehicle comes from the term sleeper agent, whereas the British name is derived from the Q-ships used by the Royal
Sleeper_(car)
2008 Torchwood episode
matches the injuries on the burglars. Jack surmises that she is an alien sleeper agent, yet to be activated by her controller and given the belief she is human
Sleeper_(Torchwood)
Type of spy
(also called a "penetration agent", "deep cover agent", "illegal" or "sleeper agent") is a long-term spy (espionage agent) who is recruited before having
Mole_(espionage)
2013 American period spy drama television series
Program – Ten Russian sleeper agents under non-official cover arrested in 2010 by the FBI Jack Barsky – Former KGB sleeper agent Harnick, Chris (August
The_Americans
Type of machine learning model
needed] Researchers from Anthropic found that it was possible to create "sleeper agents", models with hidden functionalities that remain dormant until triggered
Large_language_model
Long-term spy in a foreign country
Zarubin, Alexander Ulanovsky, and Anna Chapman, who was also known as a sleeper agent. The advantages and disadvantages of legal resident spies are generally
Resident_spy
Fictional character in Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Athena. Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharon "Boomer" Valerii is a Cylon sleeper agent programmed with false memories of being raised in the mining colony
Number Eight (Battlestar Galactica)
Number_Eight_(Battlestar_Galactica)
Ostensible identity in an infiltrated organization assumed by a covert agent
Program Secret identity Sleeper agent https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-world-deep-cover-russia-spies-infiltrating-west-putin-agents-2023-12 https://www
Cover (intelligence gathering)
Cover_(intelligence_gathering)
Spy management
organizations, agent handling is the management of so-called agents (called secret agents or spies in common parlance), principal agents, and agent networks
Agent_handling
American television series (2016–2018)
Sakina Jaffrey as Denise Christopher, the Department of Homeland Security agent in charge of the "Lifeboat" team Claudia Doumit as Jiya Marri, a talented
Timeless_(American_TV_series)
Russian espionage program in the US uncovered in 2010
Russian sleeper agents under unofficial cover. An investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) culminated in the arrest of ten agents on June
Illegals_Program
2012 Indian film by A. R. Murugadoss
kill the sleeper agents planting the bombs, including the sleeper agent leader's brother, Afsar Ali, and the previously captured sleeper agent. When the
Thuppakki
Person who incites others to commit incriminating acts
An agent provocateur (French for 'inciting agent') is a person who actively entices, encourages and incites another person to commit a crime that would
Agent_provocateur
2022 video game
on Yatagan agents and send their data to a corporate sponsor. Sabine fails to meet the Sleeper at their next rendezvous, and the Sleeper instead finds
Citizen_Sleeper
2010 film by Phillip Noyce
plays CIA operative Evelyn Salt, who is accused of being a Russian sleeper agent and goes on the run to try to clear her name. Originally written with
Salt_(2010_film)
British Cold War spy thriller television serial
university professor Arkady Malinov (Marcel Iureș), who reveals he is a KGB sleeper agent working undercover in the United Kingdom. He tells them that he has
The_Game_(British_TV_series)
British spy thriller TV series (2022–present)
and writer Will Smith. It follows an MI5 unit where disgraced or failed agents are consigned, under the supervision of Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman). It also
Slow_Horses
2015 film by Nima Nourizadeh
stoner who discovers he was part of a secret government program and is a sleeper agent. It was released on August 21, 2015, by Lionsgate. The film received
American_Ultra
Russian spies in the US (born 1960 and 1962)
often referred to by the cover name Tracey Foley, were former KGB sleeper agents in the United States. Both had participated in the Illegals Program
Donald Heathfield and Tracey Foley
Donald_Heathfield_and_Tracey_Foley
for Law Enforcement Personnel" (PDF). Drug Enforcement Administration. "sleeper", Wiktionary, 2022-12-12, retrieved 2022-12-25 "Definition of SPOOK". www
List of slang terms for law enforcement and intelligence operatives
List_of_slang_terms_for_law_enforcement_and_intelligence_operatives
2010 French film by Pierre Morel
codeword 'Rose' during a phone call, that Reese's fiancée Caroline is a sleeper agent who was assigned to infiltrate them. Wax shoots the roommate dead, and
From_Paris_with_Love_(film)
Type of special intelligence service
In the field of counterintelligence, a double agent is an employee of a secret intelligence service for one country whose official purpose is to spy on
Double_agent
2005 American TV series or program
American undercover FBI agent who is a Muslim and embracing Islam as his religion, is assigned to infiltrate a terrorist sleeper cell that is planning an
Sleeper_Cell_(TV_series)
British television conspiracy thriller
Simpson (series 2), a Network sleeper agent. Steven Robertson as Terrence Truman (series 2), another Network sleeper agent. David Calder as Dobri Gorski
Utopia_(British_TV_series)
Type of technology discipline concerning threat data
Double agent Field agent Intelligence officer Military attaché Mole (espionage) Resident spy Sleeper agent Special agent Station chief Walk-in agent Espionage
Threat_Intelligence_Platform
Fictional character in novels by Robert Ludlum
"Medusa" team member named Jason Charles Bourne was discovered to be a double agent who alerted a large number of North Vietnamese soldiers to their whereabouts
Jason_Bourne
the mainland. The Attack Titan was previously possessed by the Eldian sleeper agent Eren Kruger, who passed the power to Grisha Yeager, and is currently
List of Attack on Titan characters
List_of_Attack_on_Titan_characters
Artificial intelligence field of study
09667. "Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training". Anthropic. 2024. Retrieved 2025-01-12. "How 'sleeper agent' AI assistants
AI_safety
2023 video game expansion
Intelligence Agency (FIA) operative who works for the NUSA Government as a sleeper agent; Rosalind Myers (Kay Bess), the President of the NUSA; Alena "Alex"
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
Cyberpunk_2077:_Phantom_Liberty
Intelligence gathered through interpersonal contact
Government 139 (Class Notes) Syllabus Section 1 — Human Intelligence: From Sleepers to Walk-ins (PDF), California State University Sacramento, retrieved 2025-07-21
Human intelligence (intelligence gathering)
Human_intelligence_(intelligence_gathering)
Conformance of AI to intended objectives
in Production RL". arXiv:2511.18397 [cs.LG]. Hubinger, Evan (2024). "Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training". arXiv:2401
AI_alignment
Fictional character in the 2016 video game Overwatch
Voiced by Chloé Hollings, Widowmaker is a French ballerina-turned-sleeper agent for the terrorist organization Talon, becoming a high-profile sniper
Widowmaker_(Overwatch)
3rd episode of the 8th season of Family Guy
to City Hall to warn Mayor West about the sleeper agent, but they discover that the mayor is the sleeper agent when Aykroyd inadvertently uses the trigger
Spies_Reminiscent_of_Us
Fictional character in Battlestar Galactica (2004)
The Plan. Gina helped prep Boomer for her upcoming transition to a sleeper agent and provided IT support for her cover identity. An assertive and authoritative
Number Six (Battlestar Galactica)
Number_Six_(Battlestar_Galactica)
Use of sexual activity in espionage
emotional persuasion to gain Snake’s trust while secretly working as a sleeper agent for China. Her ultimate betrayal—stealing the Philosopher’s Legacy—demonstrates
Sexpionage
Fictional dimension in the DC Universe
sleeper agents on Earth. Car-Vex – A Kryptonian criminal who was banished to the Phantom Zone. General Zod later recruited her to be a sleeper agent on
Phantom_Zone
American rock band from Kentucky
Rolling Stone's "Reader's Poll: The Best New Artist of 2011". The band Sleeper Agent, another Bowling Green music group and close friends with Cage the Elephant
Cage_the_Elephant
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Sleeper or sleeper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sleeper is a person who is sleeping. Sleeper may also refer to: Sleeper (Marvel Comics)
Sleeper
Fictional alien race in Marvel comic books
which were fighting the Kree. Siegfred – A sleeper agent who infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. Wigbert – A sleeper agent who infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. Warbringer –
Chitauri
2023 Telugu film
as National Security Advisor Charan Ramaswamy Abhijeeth Poondla as Sleeper agent Akram Krishna Teja as Eddy, Shastri’s Assistant Prisha Singh as Rahman’s
Spy_(2023_film)
American actor, playwright, and filmmaker (born 1983)
Stewart in the action comedy American Ultra (2015), playing a rogue sleeper agent being chased by the C.I.A. In 2015, Eisenberg portrayed Rolling Stone
Jesse_Eisenberg
Systematic coercive persuasion
Soviet government to take over the United States by using a brainwashed sleeper agent for political assassination. The concept of brainwashing became popularly
Brainwashing
Fictional character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe
America, who had been replaced by an alternate version that was a Hydra Sleeper Agent, was involved with a Chitauri invasion of Earth. To silence him, Rodgers
Phil_Coulson
Owen (Matthew Alan) is a Rittenhouse sleeper agent sent to 1969 and activated in 1981, posing as a Secret Service agent ordered to kill Denise. After failing
List_of_Timeless_characters
Alien franchise fictional character
not human as he appears, but a Hyperdyne Systems 120-A/2 android, a sleeper agent who is acting upon secret orders to bring back the alien lifeform and
Ash_(Alien)
Street Fighter character
triggered as a "sleeper agent" in the opening episodes. She discovers that Bison had murdered her parents after discovering they were MI5 agents and brainwashed
M._Bison
Person employed by an organization to collect, compile and/or analyze information
access agents are often scientists. In counter-terrorism (CT) access agents are often religious or ideological leaders. Agent provocateur An agent who infiltrates
Intelligence_officer
2025 film by James Sunshine
with Mary Sue and reveals that he's had her trained as a brainwashed sleeper agent to do his bidding. However, Mary Sue breaks free from his brainwashing
Killing_Mary_Sue
the head of the SBU, reported that the Polish man had been a Russian sleeper agent since the Soviet era, and activated by the FSB with the task of assassinating
Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Assassination_attempts_on_Volodymyr_Zelenskyy
Fictional character of the Firefly franchise
River Tam is a fictional character from the Firefly franchise. River is portrayed by Summer Glau in the 2002 TV series Firefly and the 2005 film Serenity
River_Tam
2005 biography of Mao Zedong
to have been secretly working for the Chinese Communists. One such sleeper agent was Hu Zongnan, a senior National Revolutionary Army general. Hu's son
Mao:_The_Unknown_Story
Fictional intelligence agency in the Marvel Comics Universe
Empire story line we learn that Steve Rogers was replaced with a Hydra sleeper agent who uses the S.H.I.E.L.D. Act to become dictator of the United States
S.H.I.E.L.D.
2019–2020 South Korean television series
Soo-hyun as Won Ryu-hwan / Bang Dong-gu (episode 10): A North Korean sleeper agent in Seoul. He reprises his role from the 2013 film Secretly, Greatly
Crash_Landing_on_You
Italian-American actor
the Bourne series, The Bourne Supremacy. Arana also played the GRU sleeper agent Loginov in the 1990 film adaptation of Tom Clancy's novel The Hunt for
Tomas_Arana
American independent record label
Lucius Metric Mikhael Paskalev MNDR Poliça Raffaella Sleater-Kinney Sleeper Agent Sleigh Bells Smith Westerns Tei Shi Tired Pony Tokyo Police Club White
Mom_+_Pop_Music
Character appearing in Marvel Comics
Deadpool was drawn into the "Secret Empire" event, in which a Hydra sleeper agent had supplanted Steve Rogers. Deadpool's loyalty to the corrupted Rogers
Deadpool
Fictional character from Image Comics
Omni-Man (Nolan Grayson) is a character in American comic books published by Image Comics. He was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Cory Walker
Omni-Man
Data that is useful in detecting or predicting cyberattacks
Double agent Field agent Intelligence officer Military attaché Mole (espionage) Resident spy Sleeper agent Special agent Station chief Walk-in agent Espionage
Cyber_threat_intelligence
1983 book by Anthony Grey
Holt again became a sleeper agent when the Chinese Communist Revolution broke out, but in 1952 was contacted by a Kuomintang agent (now based on Taiwan)
The_Prime_Minister_Was_a_Spy
Marvel Comics fictional character
All-New Venom (2025), Rick becomes the host of the Sleeper symbiote and assumes the alias of Sleeper Agent. Later in the series, he bonds with the Toxin symbiote
Rick_Jones_(character)
Fictional comic book androids
armored beings with powerful weapons systems. The Sentinels are set up as sleeper agents, unaware of their natures until a signal from the Operation: Zero Tolerance
Prime_Sentinel
18th episode of the 2nd season of Battlestar Galactica
events of the miniseries. The other model is Sharon "Boomer" Valerii, a sleeper agent who was a member of the crew of Galactica and shot Adama twice in the
Downloaded (Battlestar Galactica)
Downloaded_(Battlestar_Galactica)
2002 James Bond film by Lee Tamahori
agent working for Mr. Chang, undercover as a masseuse Emilio Echevarría as Raoul, the manager of a Havana cigar factory, and a British sleeper agent Other
Die_Another_Day
6th episode of the 1st season of Battlestar Galactica
and the Galactica copy of Boomer (who is a Cylon sleeper agent) in order to weed out other sleeper agents. As Chief Tyrol and Boomer have an illicit encounter
Litmus_(Battlestar_Galactica)
Type of spy
field agent or field operative is an agent who works in the field as opposed to one who operates at the office or headquarters. A field agent can work
Field_agent
2003 American spy film by Roger Donaldson
operative (NOC) tasked to investigate Layla, who Burke suspects is a sleeper agent working to steal the CIA computer virus "ICE-9", which transmits via
The_Recruit_(film)
North Vietnamese spy (1922–1965)
17 July 1965), was a Vietnamese military officer and spy. He was a sleeper agent of the Việt Minh (and, later, of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN))
Phạm_Ngọc_Thảo
Wilson expresses hesistance about V-Day, Milner explains the plan; a sleeper agent will travel to five points across the world, releasing canisters of
List_of_Utopia_episodes
Group of people who undermine a larger group from within
Irregular military Jash (term) Quisling, Norway World War II Sleeper cell Sleeper agent Stab-in-the-back myth Stay-behind Madeleine Albright, for example
Fifth_column
Offensive measures using enemy information
threat, or if it can lead terrorists to assume that all of their "sleeper" agents in a country have become unreliable and must be replaced (and possibly
Counterintelligence
Agency dealing with secret intelligence
Double agent Field agent Intelligence officer Military attaché Mole (espionage) Resident spy Sleeper agent Special agent Station chief Walk-in agent Espionage
Intelligence_agency
Rural Vietnamese anti-communist strategy
were relocated to new locations. Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a communist sleeper agent of North Vietnam who had infiltrated the South Vietnamese army, was
Strategic_Hamlet_Program
Fictional character on the American television/drama thriller Homeland
Congress, which will allow him to influence the U.S. military as a double agent. He then tells Carrie, who has been fired from the CIA, to leave him and
Nicholas_Brody
1st episode of the 1st season of Homeland
Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) believes Brody to actually be acting as a sleeper agent for al-Qaeda. The pilot was universally acclaimed by critics and was
Pilot_(Homeland)
Film genre
British Secret Service. Spy films show the espionage activities of government agents and their risk of being discovered by their enemies. From the Nazi espionage
Spy_film
American thriller film by Roger Donaldson
Pritchard schemes to conflate Atwell's lover with a long-rumored KGB sleeper agent code-named Yuri – invoking "Yuri" puts the entire department's focus
No_Way_Out_(1987_film)
Fictional character created by author Tom Clancy
youngest daughter Katie, and an assassination attempt through an Iranian sleeper agent disguised as a Secret Service bodyguard; with the U.S. overwhelmed by
Jack_Ryan_(character)
Red Room grew from a pre-World War II program that produced Soviet sleeper agent Dottie Underwood. By the 1980s, the Dreykov-led Red Room kidnaps young
Teams and organizations of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Teams_and_organizations_of_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe
Richer Skillet Skindred Skunk Anansie Slaves On Dope Sleater-Kinney Sleeper Agent Sleeping with Sirens Sleigh Bells Sloan Slowdive Smash Mouth The Smashing
List of alternative rock artists
List_of_alternative_rock_artists
Character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
kidnapped by the Skrull general Gravik, who has him replaced with one of his agents, Raava. Rhodes is rescued by G'iah, who helps him, along with Everett Ross
James Rhodes (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
James_Rhodes_(Marvel_Cinematic_Universe)
2017 Marvel Comics limited series and crossover storyline
Rogers, in which Captain America has been revealed to be acting as a sleeper agent and covertly setting the stage to establish the terrorist organization
Secret_Empire_(2017_comic)
1990 film by Luc Besson
the final test in her training. She graduates and begins life as a sleeper agent in Paris under the name Marie. After meeting a cashier named Marco in
La_Femme_Nikita_(film)
Marvel Comics characters
sending them to the Void. Paradox's plan is eventually exposed when his sleeper agent Pyro attempts to kill Nova, who then travels to Earth-10005 to capture
Mobius_M._Mobius
Marvel Comics fictional character
Bucky returned to the role of Winter Soldier, this time as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in an eponymous series that lasted 19 issues. The first 14 issues were written
Bucky_Barnes
1921–26 Soviet counterintelligence plan
Soviets did not organize Trust from scratch. The White Army had left sleeper agents, and there were also Royalist Russians who did not leave after the Civil
Operation_Trust
Topics referred to by the same term
collaborative hip hop album Pain Language "Sleeper Cell", a song by the American industrial band Caustic Sleeper agent, a spy who is placed in a target country
Sleeper_cell_(disambiguation)
dub. Koji Kashin (果心居士, Kashin Koji): A masked Inner who assigned his sleeper agent Ao to retrieve Kawaki. He possesses the Fire-Style jutsu True Fire of
List_of_Naruto_characters
Organisation
diagram". Vox. Retrieved 2019-06-11. "Harvey Weinstein Hired ex-Mossad Agents to Track Women Accusing Him of Sexual Assault". Haaretz. 2017-11-07. Archived
Private_intelligence_agency
1996 thriller novel by Tom Clancy
States Secret Service detail Aref Raman: Special agent for the Secret Service who is an Iranian sleeper agent assigned to assassinate Ryan Bert Vasco: Senior
Executive_Orders
Spy who offers their services without recruitment
A walk-in agent is an individual who voluntarily offers to conduct espionage. Specifically, a "walk-in" is an agent or a mole of a government who literally
Walk-in_agent
American rock musician
Wallace, Chris Lord-Alge. Framing Hanley – The Sum of Who We Are (2014) Sleeper Agent – About Last Night (2014) Cold Kingdom – Cold Kingdom (2017) Shinedown
Eric_Bass
British television drama series (2002–2011)
that episode, a nuclear bomb is set to explode, triggered by a Russian sleeper agent who is part of Operation Tiresias. As Parliament and the Royal Family
Spooks_(TV_series)
American comic book series
Lyme. She instead leaves with Bill, the CIA agent who is revealed to have been a MIND MGMT sleeper agent with whom she was previously romantically involved
MIND_MGMT
2014 American action thriller film
falsified death certificate to place his son, Aleksandr, in the U.S. as a sleeper agent. Ryan uses his talent for pattern recognition to determine that Aleksandr
Jack_Ryan:_Shadow_Recruit
Stages of intelligence information processing
dissemination conflicts, and can inform ethical standards of conduct among all agents in the intelligence process. Decision cycle – Sequence of steps for decision-making
Intelligence_cycle
SLEEPER AGENT
SLEEPER AGENT
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : from Middle English le(a)pere, an occupational name for a basket maker (from Old English lēap ‘basket’).English and Scottish : occupational name or nickname for a dancer, runner, or courier (Old English hlēapere).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Shearer.Possibly an Americanized form of German Schürer, a southern variant of Scheurer.
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from the Germanic personal name Sigiheri, composed of the elements sigi ‘victory’ + heri ‘army’.South German : variant of Sager.English : variant spelling of Seager.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Flower on a Creeper; Slender Stalk
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Merry Wives of Windsor' Cousin to Shallow.
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Slender Stem of a Creeper
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant spelling of Leeper.
Girl/Female
American, British, Chinese, Christian, English, Greek
Pure; Keeper of the Keys; Slender
Boy/Male
British, English
Sea Fighter
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle High German lappe ‘rag’, ‘cloth’, apparently denoting a cobbler.German : habitational name for someone from Lepp.English : nickname for a person with leprosy, Middle English lepre ‘leper’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for an indolent person, from Middle English sleper ‘sleeper’.
Girl/Female
American, British, Christian, English, Greek
Pure; Keeper of the Keys; Slender
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Slender Stem of a Creeper
Girl/Female
American, British, Chinese, Christian, English, Greek, Irish
Pure; Keeper of the Keys; Slender; Fair
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker of overalls, from an agent derivative of Middle English slop(e) ‘overall’ (apparently of Old English origin, akin to slūpan ‘to slip’, reinforced by a Middle Low German cognate).
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Devon)
English (mainly Devon) : variant of Slape.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : variant spelling of Leader 1.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hindu, Indian
Sweeper
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of the various places in northern France called Saint-Pierre, from the dedication of their churches to St. Peter (see Peter).Eastern German : from a medieval personal name Sindperht, from sind ‘journey’ + berht ‘shining’.possibly variant of Catalan or Aragonese Samper.
Girl/Female
American, British, Chinese, Christian, English, Greek
Pure; Keeper of the Keys; Slender
SLEEPER AGENT
SLEEPER AGENT
Boy/Male
Hindu
One of the kauravas
Girl/Female
American, Australian
Gift of God; God is Gracious
Boy/Male
British, English, Japanese
From the Hide
Male
Hebrew
(מֶרֶד) Hebrew name MERED means "rebellion." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Ezra.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Deekshika | திகà¯à®·à¯€à®•ா
Biblical
essence; being; generation
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English
One who Packs
Boy/Male
Anglo, Australian, British, French
Meadow
Male
English
English surname transferred to unisex forename use, TATE means "cheerful."
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from Old French corp ‘raven’, probably applied as a nickname for someone with glossy dark hair. In some cases the English name may be derived from the cognate Old Norse korpr.
SLEEPER AGENT
SLEEPER AGENT
SLEEPER AGENT
SLEEPER AGENT
SLEEPER AGENT
n.
A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia.
n.
Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion.
superl.
Small; inadequate; meager; pitiful; as, slender means of support; a slender pittance.
superl.
Weak; feeble; not strong; slight; as, slender hope; a slender constitution.
imp. & p. p.
of Sleeve
n.
Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.
a.
Having sleeves; furnished with sleeves; -- often in composition; as, long-sleeved.
superl.
Uttered with a thin tone; -- the opposite of broad; as, the slender vowels long e and i.
n.
One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.
a.
Causing sleep; sleepy.
v. t.
To furnish with sleeves; to put sleeves into; as, to sleeve a coat.
n.
Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.
n.
One who, or that which, steps; as, a quick stepper.
v. i.
To become steep or steeper.
n.
A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped.
n.
One who steers; as, a boat steerer.
n.
One who, or that which, sweeps, or cleans by sweeping; a sweep; as, a carpet sweeper.
superl.
Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet.
superl.
Moderate; trivial; inconsiderable; slight; as, a man of slender intelligence.