dreamer · noun — one who dreams.
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dreamer is pronounced /ˈdɹimɚ/.
Etymology
From Middle English dremer, dremere, dremare, equivalent to dream + -er. Cognate with West Frisian dreamer (“dreamer”), Saterland Frisian Dröömer (“dreamer”), Dutch dromer (“dreamer”), German Träumer (“dreamer”), Danish drømmer (“dreamer”), Swedish drömmare (“dreamer”).
noun
- One who dreams.
- Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.e.g.“You may say I'm a dreamer/ But I'm not the only one/ I hope someday you'll join us/ And the world will live as one.” — 1971, John Lennon, “Imagine”:
- Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.
- A swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)
- An undocumented immigrant who is qualified for relief under the DREAM Act.e.g.“DREAMers had established a public identity, possessed distinctive interests and solidarities, and articulated their interests with a powerful and compelling voice.” — 2013, Walter J. Nicholls, The DREAMers: How the Undocumented Youth Movement Transformed the Immigrant Rights Debate, Stanford University Press, →ISBN:
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