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Webster 1913 Edition


Dreamer

Dream′er

(drēm′ẽr)
,
Noun.
1.
One who dreams.
2.
A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes of some anticipated good;
as, a political
dreamer
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dreamer

DREAMER

,
Noun.
1.
One who dreams.
2.
A fanciful man; a visionary; one who forms or entertains vain schemes; as a political dreamer.
3.
A man lost in wild imagination; a mope; a sluggard.

Definition 2024


dreamer

dreamer

See also: DREAMer

English

Noun

dreamer (plural dreamers)

  1. One who dreams.
  2. Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.
    • 1971, John Lennon, Imagine
      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.
  3. Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.
  4. swallow-wing puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)
  5. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (informal) A ladybird.

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