reformerre‧form‧er /rɪˈfɔːmə $ -ɔːrmər/ noun [countable] - A life-long reformer such as Russell clearly saw himself, not as conceding, but as strengthening aristocratic influence.
- Harold Ickes, a veteran reformer, was Secretary of the Interior.
- It is tempting to pick the reformers.
- On the one side are democrats, economic reformers and secessionists.
- The key element, however, is not the ardor of the reformers.
- The nominees for Prime Minister included representatives of both reformers and conservatives.
- There was no point in being a mere political reformer intent on changing laws and state institutions to make social conditions better.
- This is a depressing conclusion for liberal reformers.
ADJECTIVE► economic· The legislative victory also burnished Putin's credentials as an economic reformer.· On the one side are democrats, economic reformers and secessionists.· But is he an economic reformer?
► great· Evidence from the first and second waves of reform does not give great comfort to reformers.· The newly formed society of Jesuits were fanatical witch-hunters but even the great reformers were not far behind.· Teresa of Avila became one of the great reformers of the sixteenth century.
► penal· If the primary object of penal reformers is not to abolish prisons it is certainly to secure reductions in prison population.· Maconochie was a pioneer in unrelated disciplines but it was as a penal reformer that he was most influential.
► radical· I once spent many months as a student using the papers of Francis Place, the radical reformer of early nineteenth-century Westminster.· The so-called radical reformers wanted to go even further back, to the Apostolic church or to the New Testament itself.
► social· These efforts would seem pitifully inadequate to a modern social reformer.· In the absence of alarm, inequality is more easily accepted than social reformers in the past have supposed.
NOUN► prison· Internal prison reformers can not divorce themselves from these issues, however sensitive they might be.· But the Home Office and prison reformers say his actions were mischievous and disruptive.· An full inquest will be held later this year, but prison reformers are calling for a full judicial inquiry.· But prison reformers say experience shows Gardiner's claims could well be true.Ken Goodwin reports.
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