procrastinator (n.)

"one who defers to doing of anything to a future time," c. 1600, agent noun in Latin form from procrastinate (v.).

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"to put off till another day, defer to a future time," 1580s, a back formation from procrastination or else from Latin procrastinatus, past participle of procrastinare "to put off till tomorrow; defer, delay." Intransitive sense of "be dilatory" is by 1630s. Related: Procrastinated; procrastinating. The earlier verb was procrastine (1540s), from French procrastiner.

Do not put off till tomorrow what can be put off till day-after-tomorrow just as well. ["Mark Twain," "Advice to Young People," 1882]

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Definitions of procrastinator from WordNet

procrastinator (n.)

someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness);

Synonyms: postponer / cunctator

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