bloomer

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  1. noun A plant that blooms.
  2. noun A person who attains full maturity and competence: a late bloomer.
  3. noun Slang A blunder.
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  • She was a slightly overweight late bloomer, a stolid navy veteran with shore patrol experience, who worked part-time as a bartender at the downtown hangout known as Louie Louie's. —  AHMM,October2007
  • He was a late-bloomer, a second-career lawyer who was exactly five years older and two inches taller than Cathy. —  Jeffery Deaver - Beautiful
  • The 26-year-old late bloomer was a point-per-game player in his final year in college and during his time in the AHL and has anchored the Ducks 'second scoring unit with Ryan and —  Fanball Fantasy Football News - Newsbreakers
  • Mortensen is very much a late bloomer, as his body is just now filling in at the age of 23. —  Viva El Birdos
  • On the football field, the 31-year-old late-bloomer is 6 feet and 240 pounds of pure linebacking malevolence. —  Toronto Sun
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. After Amelia Jenks Bloomer.

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  1. from bloom, v., + -er.
  2. After Mrs. Bloomer: see def.
 

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/ˈblumər/
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