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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Others were more skeptical, warning that Kim was no reformer, despite his love of professional basketball and pizza.
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Other would-be reformers are advocating policies that could amount to UBI by other names.
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Can anyone be a reformer with friends on the inside?
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Once old five-pound notes, which highlight prison reformer Elizabeth Fry, are taken out of circulation, Austen will be the only woman, aside from the Queen, on British currency.
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Abramoff, the crooked conservative activist and lobbyist, refashioned himself after returning from prison as a chastened reformer.
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MSCI decision puts ball back in Chinese reformers' court.
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On the other hand, critics and reformers see an entrenched government bureaucracy with little room for innovation.
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A contest between Orr and Yarbrough could be framed up as reformer-versus-old-school regular Democrat.
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First Known Use of reformer
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REFORMER Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of reformer for English Language Learners
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: a person who works to change and improve a society, government, etc.
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