reformer Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a disputant who advocates reform
meliorist; reformist; social reformer; crusader.
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noun an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel
- a catalytic reformer
WordNet
Re*form"er noun
Definitions
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One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a .reformer of manners, or of abuses -
(Eccl.Hist.) One of those who commenced the reformation of religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin.