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Noun reformer has 2 senses
- reformer, reformist, crusader, meliorist - a disputant who advocates reform
--1 is a kind of disputant, controversialist, eristic
--1 has particulars: | | abolitionist, emancipationist; birth-control campaigner, birth-control reformer; Chartist; civil rights leader, civil rights worker, civil rights activist; demonstrator, protester; dry, prohibitionist; environmentalist, conservationist; feminist, women's rightist, women's liberationist, libber; hippie, hippy, hipster, flower child; insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel; militant, activist; non-resistant, passive resister; preservationist; Utopian; Comstock, Anthony Comstock; Huss, John Huss, Hus, Jan Hus; Owen, Robert Owen; Savonarola, Girolamo Savonarola; Townsend, Francis Everett Townsend; Wilkes, John Wilkes |
- reformer - an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel; "a catalytic reformer"
--2 is a kind of apparatus, setup
--2 is a part of oil refinery, petroleum refinery
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