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noun re·form·er \ri-ˈfȯr-mər\

Definition of reformer

1 : one that works for or urges reform
2 capitalized : a leader of the Protestant Reformation
3 : an apparatus for cracking oils or gases to form specialized products

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Recent Examples of reformer from the Web

By teaching students to clean themselves, reformers hoped that children would get their parents to bathe regularly as well.

— j.y. chua, The Atlantic, "Bathing in Controversy", 2 June 2017
Using photographs, old documents and clothing, the museum goes through the short presidency of reformer Francisco Madero, followed by his overthrow and assassination at the hands of Gen. Victoriano Huerta.

— russell contreras, The Seattle Times, "Ciudad Juarez museum seeks to tell Mexican Revolution story", 31 May 2017
A court in Bahrain ordered the country’s last main opposition group, Waad, dissolved and its property confiscated Wednesday in the latest blow to reformers and dissenting voices in the Middle Eastern island nation.

— Washington Post, "World Digest: May 31, 2017", 31 May 2017
Reformers ... were able to distance themselves from what’s happening nationally and still win.

— joy resmovits, latimes.com, "What charter school supporters say they hope to change after school board victories", 30 May 2017
Mr. Obama, who remains wildly popular in Europe, was not shy about weighing in on France’s presidential race and endorsing the centrist reformer Emmanuel Macron, the winner.

— alison smale, New York Times, "Trump and Obama Visited Europe. One Got a Warm Welcome.", 25 May 2017
Reformers and centrists have sought, in varying degrees, to open up Iran again, by relaxing some of the rigid Islamic strictures and engaging with the outside world.

— robin wright, The New Yorker, "Iran’s Moderates Win Election, but It Won’t Matter to Trump", 20 May 2017
Like so many media reformers, Minow strikes me as reluctant to acknowledge an obvious difference between 1961 and 2011.

— matthew lasar, WIRED, "How TV’s ‘Vast Wasteland’ Became a Vast Garden", 19 Mar. 2011

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