reformer
noun
re·form·er
ri-ˈfȯr-mər 
1
: one that works for or urges reform
2
capitalized
: a leader of the Protestant Reformation
3
: an apparatus for cracking oils or gases to form specialized products
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Your Reformer’s innovative reformer Pilates solution launches in the U.S. allowing customers to own or rent customizable reformers.
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Yola Robert, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Katherine, however, is depicted as close to, and possibly a former lover of, the radical Protestant reformer Anne Askew (Erin Doherty), a relationship which, if discovered, could cost her her head.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 12 Sep. 2024
Today’s confrontation with China can only end if Chinese leader Xi Jinping is succeeded by a true reformer in the Gorbachev mold.
—Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
Scottish educational reformer James Pillans is credited with the invention of colored chalk and the classroom blackboard.
1840s: Blackboards can be found in nearly every U.S. classroom.
—Staff, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2024
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Yola Robert, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Katherine, however, is depicted as close to, and possibly a former lover of, the radical Protestant reformer Anne Askew (Erin Doherty), a relationship which, if discovered, could cost her her head.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 12 Sep. 2024
Today’s confrontation with China can only end if Chinese leader Xi Jinping is succeeded by a true reformer in the Gorbachev mold.
—Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
Scottish educational reformer James Pillans is credited with the invention of colored chalk and the classroom blackboard.
1840s: Blackboards can be found in nearly every U.S. classroom.
—Staff, Quartz, 4 Sep. 2024
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reformer
noun
re·form·er
ri-ˈfȯr-mər
: one that works for reform
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