Definition of Reformer

Reformer

One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses.

One of those who commenced the reformation of religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin.

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Reformer Quotations

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
B. R. Ambedkar

If we like a man's dream, we call him a reformer; if we don't like his dream, we call him a crank.
William Dean Howells

Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.
Walter Lippmann

I have no question that Newt Gingrich has the heart of a conservative reformer, the ability to rally and captivate the conservative movement.
Rick Perry

I'm not any kind of social reformer.
Charles Kuralt

We've worked with President Yeltsin. He is the President of the country. He's been a reformer. We've been able to accomplish a number of things together.
Warren Christopher

A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.
Jose Bergamin

Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation - the one is life, the other death.
Ernestine L. Rose

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
Lydia M. Child

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Reformer Translations

reformer in French is reformeur
reformer in Spanish is reformador
reformer in Swedish is reformator

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