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reformer
/ɹɪˈfɔɹmɚ/
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What does reformer mean?
noun
- One who reforms, or who works for reform.
- A device which converts hydrocarbons into a hydrogen-rich mixture of gases.
- A device used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas, typically having low octane ratings, into high-octane liquid products called reformates.
More meanings (5)
noun
- A member of the Reform Party of Canada, which existed from 1987 to 2000.
- A member or supporter of Reform UK.
- (historical) One who was involved in the Reformation.
- (historical) Alternative letter-case form of reformer (“one involved in the Reformation”).
- (historical) A member of the Reform movement in 19th-century Canada.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹɪˈfɔɹmɚ/
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Muckraking was just beginning in those days, and a prying reformer came to live for a while at the Greasy Spoon.
At least, these men, in their present temper of mind, are not likely to be very useful to the Sanitary Reformer.
More book examples (3)
And now let me tell the readers of the Daily Reformer what I think the most remarkable thing in the whole affair.
Behind the philanthropist may lurk the pleasure in changing the lives of others, behind the reformer the picture of himself in history.
Thus, too, we have the woman social reformer, trailing along ridiculously behind a tatterdemalion posse of male utopians, each with something to sell.