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reformer Definition

re·former (ri fôrmər)

noun

  1. a person who seeks to bring about reform, esp. political or social reform
  2. any of the leaders of the Reformation

reformer Usage Examples

Preposition: of

century: The Make Poverty History Campaign - the global equivalent of social reformers of the 19th century.

Converse of object

  • believe: Like medieval monks in their flowing skirts, the dress reformers believed that freer clothes would free the mind.
  • become: Clugny became the reformer, not only of the order of St. Benedict, but of monastic life in general.
  • help: I believe we owe it to our children and grandchildren to stay engaged and to help spread liberty, and to help reformers.
  • include: Moreover, they have high electrical efficiency and they can use any fuel, as long as they include fuel reformers.
  • do: Nor, of course, did the reformers always want them if they were likely to block change.

Preposition: in

  • region: Therefore, Western governments should listen more to what reformers in the region advise.
  • century: Who were the social reformers in the 19th century?

Adjective modifier

  • penal: The at times lazy assertion by penal reformers that they do has done little to enhance the cause of prison reform.
  • Protestant: Among them was the Protestant reformer George Wishart, who was later burned at the stake.
  • protestant: Prayers for the dead were declared illegal by the protestant reformers in the late 1530s.
  • zealous: Henry was a forceful and energetic character, a fervent and zealous reformer in the mold of Bernard.
  • would-be: School should develop a child's capacities, not fill him with facts This is the cry of every would-be reformer.
  • ardent: Feb. 5, 1891 - Rhodes joins his group from Oxford with a similar group from Cambridge headed by ardent social reformer William Stead.

Noun used with modifier

  • temperance: He was always ready to co-operate with all classes of temperance reformers.
  • tort: Quotes on several or hospital the quiz is tort reformers still.
  • prison: In 1783, the prison reformer John Howard visited Chester.
  • factory: The factory reformers tended to be Tory protectionists who wanted to protect the Corn Laws.
  • century: Raymond Johnston believed that the 16th century Reformers needed to be rediscovered.
  • church: The church reformers believed that the Church of Rome, despite the corruption of later centuries, was still the true church.