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Definitions for: Reformer
[n] an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel; "a catalytic reformer"
[n] a disputant who advocates reform
Webster (1913) Definition: Re*form"er (r?*f?rm"?r), n.
1. One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors
for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of
abuses.
2. (Eccl.Hist.) One of those who commenced the reformation of
religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon,
Zwingli, and Calvin.
Synonyms: crusader, meliorist, reformist
See Also: abolitionist, activist, Anthony Comstock, apparatus, birth-control campaigner, birth-control reformer, Chartist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker, Comstock, conservationist, controversialist, demonstrator, disputant, dry, emancipationist, environmentalist, feminist, flower child, Francis Everett Townsend, freedom fighter, Girolamo Savonarola, hippie, hippy, hipster, Hus, Huss, insurgent, insurrectionist, Jan Hus, John Huss, John Wilkes, libber, militant, non-resistant, oil refinery, Owen, passive resister, petroleum refinery, prohibitionist, protester, rebel, Robert Owen, Savonarola, setup, Townsend, Utopian, Wilkes, women's liberationist, women's rightist
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