dreamer

[ dree-mer ]

/ ˈdri mər /

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noun

a person who dreams.

a person who lives in a world of fantasy; one who is impractical and unrealistic.

a person whose ideas or projects are considered audacious or highly speculative; visionary.

Nearby words

dream ticket, dream up, dream vision, dream world, dreamboat, dreamer, dreamily, dreamland, dreamless, dreamlessly, dreamlike

Origin of dreamer

1250–1300; Middle English. See dream, -er¹

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Examples from the Web for dreamer

He was a dreamer, an idealist, grounded in the reality he observed around him.
Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Then came Obama, handsome rider of unicorns and dreamer of hope and change.
Hey, Boomers—Millennials Hate Your Partisan Crap|Nick Gillespie|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Allan Mayer, American Apparel's co-chair, seemingly laughed at Charney's plea, labeling him "a dreamer."
American Apparel’s Dov Charney Speaks for First Time Since Firing|The Fashion Beast Team|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Secretly, however, Marie pines for Emil Bergson, a dreamer and intellect who seems ill-suited to life on a farm.
American Dreams: ‘O Pioneers!’ by Willa Cather|Nathaniel Rich|February 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The dreamer tries to help, and fends off a man who is about to accost her with lecherous intentions.
Book Bag: André Aciman’s Favorite Novellas of Unconsummated Loves|André Aciman|January 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
John Cooper was not characteristically a seer of visions or a dreamer of dreams.
Peter Cooper|Rossiter W. Raymond
These have a logic of their own; but the dreamer has not even a crazy logic.
The Oxford Book of American Essays|Various
She was an enthusiast, a dreamer, passionately 315 sincere, passionately pitiful.
Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker|Marguerite Bryant
The dreamer was the natural son of the unfortunate Lady Brandon.
The Deputy of Arcis|Honore de Balzac
Why may we not do the same thing here, ask the dreamer to give us the meaning of his dream?
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis|Sigmund Freud

British Dictionary definitions for dreamer

dreamer

/ (ˈdriːmə) /

noun

a person who dreams habitually

a person who lives in or escapes to a world of fantasy or illusion; escapist

archaic a prophet; visionary

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dreamer

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dreamer

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