Reformer meaning

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A person who seeks to bring about reform, esp. political or social reform.
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Any of the leaders of the Reformation.
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One who reforms, or who works for reform.
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(history) One who was involved in the Reformation.
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(chemical engineering, fuel cells) A device which converts hydrocarbons into a hydrogen-rich mixture of gases.
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(chemical engineering, petrochemistry) A device used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas, typically having low octane ratings, into high-octane liquid products called reformates.
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Reformer Sentence Examples

  • As a social reformer Wesley was far in advance of his time.

  • Two years after Ray's death, Linnaeus, the great reformer of natural history, was born, and in 1735 appeared the first.

  • But he was a preacher rather than a thinker, a reformer rather than a philosopher.

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