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reformer

/ɹɪˈfɔːmə/rih-FAWR-mur
/ɹɪˈfɔɹmɚ/rih-FAWR-mur

Meaningone who reforms

Common meaning: someone working for change

Journey through time

  1. Frenchreformersource
  2. Middle Englishreformensource
  3. Englishreform‘to change for the better’
  4. Englishformed in English from reformreformer‘someone working for change’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from reform + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), REFORM, p.497 · scan

Source words

  • reformer French · source word “to shape again”

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