[
US
/ɹɪˈfɔɹmɝ/
]
[ UK /ɹɪfˈɔːmɐ/ ]
[ UK /ɹɪfˈɔːmɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a disputant who advocates reform
-
an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel
a catalytic reformer
How To Use reformer In A Sentence
- Outrages like the Thomas case make it a good deal more difficult for enlightened penal reformers like the Professor to get a fair hearing when they advocate bringing back the lash.
- The Protestant Reformers defined the Roman doctrine of Works as a form of barter system, whereby believers could accrue spiritual benefits for themselves and salvation through their performance.
- The two delegates approached the supreme leader on several occasions trying to beg mercy for their fellow reformers.
- And the man who goes out to do good works, whether he is a social reformer or a missionary, is just like the politician in his concern with the world.
- Municipal legislatures appeared especially prone to corruption, and consequently reformers proposed a shift in authority from the board of aldermen or city council to the mayor.
- This latest round of cultural subversion fatally compromised Wall Street's ability to hold its own against New Deal reformers.
- Nevertheless, Hayes had a reputation as a civil-service reformer, so he fought the oligarchs.
- Padre Amaro, the young saving grace reformer, is in actuality a power mad vacuum, able to use a nubile young woman to satisfy his carnal desires as he finks on those within his order who would do the same.
- They would have been remembered not as forward-thinking reformers - but as mindless cultural vandals.
- Under Deng Xiaoping, the reformers slowly regained control of the country.