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dreamer.

One who dreams.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdɹimɚ/General-American[ˈdɹimɚ]General-American[d͡ʒɹimɚ]General-American, sometimes/ˈdɹiːmə/Received-Pronunciation

  1. One who dreams.

  2. Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.

  3. Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.

  4. A swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)

Where this word comes from

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”).

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