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dreamer

drea·mer

UK/ˈdɹiːmə/ US/ˈdɹimɚ/ fairly common us

noun

1.

someone who is dreaming

2.

someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations

Synonyms
3.

a person who escapes into a world of fantasy

Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • age dreamer
  • lucid dreamer

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