dreamer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who is dreaming while asleep

   The dreamer woke suddenly when the door slammed.

2. 2
   noun

   a person who often escapes into fantasy and is not very practical

   His friends called him a dreamer because he made plans without considering the cost.

3. 3
   noun

   a person guided by ambitious hopes or ideals

   Every major reform begins with a dreamer who imagines a better system.

From Middle English dremer, equivalent to dream + the agent suffix -er. Cognates include Dutch dromer and German Träumer. The literal sleeper sense developed naturally into two figurative types: an impractical fantasist and an idealistic visionary.

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