dreamer

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈdɹiːmə//
United States//ˈdɹimɚ//
United States/[ˈdɹimɚ]/
United States/[d͡ʒɹimɚ]/

One who dreams.

noun

1
One who dreams.
2
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.
Eighties witches were not the patchouli-dipped, lovebead-wearing, back-to-the-earth dreamers of the seventies.
3
Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.
4
A swallow-winged puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)

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”).

Forms

plural: dreamers

dreaded · Causing fear, dread, or terror.dreadful · Full of something causing dread, whether Genuinely horrific,…dream · Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

dreamer · One who dreams.

DREAMer · An undocumented immigrant who is qualified for relief under…dreaming · An instance of dreaming; a dream or reverie.Dreaming · The time of the shaping of the physical and spiritual world…

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