Definition of dreamer
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Examples of dreamer in a Sentence
I am a realist, but my sister is a dreamer.
Some dreamers talk in their sleep to the people in their dreams.
Recent Examples of dreamer from the Web
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For in this relationship, Erica is the dreamer and Vicky the one with the plan.
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The Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business' Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation 2017 Awards Gala celebrated these dreamers and achievers.
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Sure, at the moment the two-team wild card format has plenty of dreamers hanging around the fringes of contention - in the American League, no team is further than 4 1/2 games out of a playoff slot entering Monday.
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And many of these same people don’t want DREAMers deported their health care taken away.
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JJ Ferguson, the dreamer who returns home to woo his now-married sweetheart by building a big house, is positively pragmatic by Gatsby standards.
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Fifty-seven-year-old Bangladeshi economics professor Muhammad Yunus is an irrepressible dreamer.
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14th Century
First Known Use of dreamer
14th century
DREAMER Defined for English Language Learners
dreamer
playDefinition of dreamer for English Language Learners
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: a person whose ideas and plans are not practical or based in reality
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: a person who dreams while sleeping
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