Etymology 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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One who dreams.
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Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.
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.1971, John Lennon, “Imagine”:
Eighties witches were not the patchouli-dipped, lovebead-wearing, back-to-the-earth dreamers of the seventies.2015, Jennifer Crusie, Leah Wilson, Totally Charmed: Demons, Whitelighters And the Power of Three, →ISBN:
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Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.
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A swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)
Etymology From the DREAM Act + -er, after dreamer.
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US An undocumented immigrant who is qualified for relief under the DREAM Act.
DREAMers had established a public identity, possessed distinctive interests and solidarities, and articulated their interests with a powerful and compelling voice.2013, Walter J. Nicholls, The DREAMers: How the Undocumented Youth Movement Transformed the Immigrant Rights Debate, Stanford University Press, →ISBN: