redeemer

noun

re·​deem·​er ri-ˈdē-mər How to pronounce redeemer (audio)
: a person who redeems
especially, Redeemer : jesus

Examples of redeemer in a Sentence

He was considered the redeemer of the family's reputation. the rescued hostages profusely thanked their camouflage-clad redeemers
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And there are other airlines, like JetBlue, that have almost entirely Airbus fleets or with their fair share of dedicated flyers — the three biggest airlines, American Airlines, Delta and United, all benefit from loyal credit card point redeemers. Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025 This suspicion and other nagging uncertainties about the New South’s redeemer lingered in the minds of traveling reporters throughout the 1976 presidential campaign. Amber Roessner / Made By History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024 This victory would further magnify the prime minister’s aura, enhancing his image as India’s redeemer. Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024 The people who support Modi see him as a kind of redeemer. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2024 Because his very identity—as his family’s protector, the redeemer of its name and the breaker of its curse—is bound to the prospect of his sons’ successes in the ring, his professional favor is also a paternal popularity contest. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023 The Meaning of Redemption Those words, redemption and redeemer, are significant. Jemar Tisby, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023 Trump’s rally contained spiritual elements that cast him as a prophet, redeemer and patriot. Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023 Meacham bids to be the redeemer in chief of the narrative of American exceptionalism: the venerable if now-shopworn story in which the United States has a providential and world-historic role as a nation distinctively dedicated to human liberty. John Fabian Witt, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of redeemer was in the 15th century

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“Redeemer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redeemer. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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