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Meanings of reformer in English

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cruzado
Catalan
reformista
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cruzado

A disputant who advocates reform.

        cruzado
        Usage of reformer in English
        1
        The Saxon reformer was more eloquent; the Swiss reformer was more dialectical.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Refor...
        2
        A Unitarian by faith, a doctor by profession and a political reformer.
        The Irish Times
        3
        The author just mentioned names Hanno as the reformer of the nation.
        The History of Rome, Book III / From the Union of Italy to the S...
        4
        Builder, political governor, religious propagandist, reformer, patron of the arts and science.
        The charlemagne pursuit
        5
        The chief prosecutor, seen as a reformer, was also dismissed by parliament.
        The Guardian
        6
        This was the sad fate of the great Florentine preacher and reformer.
        George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings and Philoso...
        7
        For sublimation develops the crank and pest as well as the reformer.
        The Foundations of Personality
        8
        He was a social reformer, but he felt most sorry for himself.
        Kennedy's brain
        9
        To the social reformer, both are symptoms of a healthy rational attitude.
        The God That Failed
        10
        He was patriotic in his intentions, and set up for a reformer.
        The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
        11
        A Scot is always a reformer and a preacher, in his heart.
        A Poor Wise Man
        12
        Nothing is farther from their ambition than the role of a reformer.
        Danger; Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend
        13
        Hayne lacked the fierce energy of a great reformer or partisan leader.
        Poets of the South / A Series of Biographical and Critical Studi...
        14
        He was a sort of philosopher and reformer, a man with ideas.
        Honoré de Balzac
        15
        He was patriotic in his intentions, even setting up as a reformer.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01: The Old Pagan Civilizations
        16
        In 1362 John Wickliffe was doing his noble work as a reformer.
        Grace Darling, Heroine of the Farne Islands
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