Reformer

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reformer \Re*form"er\ (r?*f?rm"?r), n.
     1. One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors
        for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of
        abuses.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Eccl.Hist.) One of those who commenced the reformation of
        religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon,
        Zwingli, and Calvin.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reformer
       n 1: a disputant who advocates reform [syn: {reformist}, {crusader},
             {meliorist}]
       2: an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of
          hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel; "a catalytic
          reformer"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "reformer":
     Fabian, Tammany man, extremist, machine politician, meliorist,
     old campaigner, party boss, party chieftain, party leader, pol,
     political hack, political leader, politician,
     professional politician, progressionist, progressist, progressive,
     progressivist, radical, reform politician, reformist, revisionist,
     revolutionary, utopian, utopist, war-horse, wheelhorse