1.
[syn: reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist]
2. an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel;
- Example: "a catalytic reformer"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reformer \Re*form"er\ (r?*f?rm"?r), n.
1. One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors
for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of
abuses.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Eccl.Hist.) One of those who commenced the reformation of
religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon,
Zwingli, and Calvin.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reformer
n 1: a disputant who advocates reform [syn: reformer,
reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist]
2: an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of
hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel; "a catalytic reformer"