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reclaimer

reclaimer noun: one who reclaims.

Noun

reclaimer (plural reclaimers)

  1. One who reclaims.
    • The Rev. Mr. Crabb, of Hill, near Southampton, the benevolent reclaimer of the gipsies, calculates that there are in this country upwards of 18,000 of this wandering race, and in other parts of the world 700,000.1839, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, volume 33
  2. A large machine used to recover bulk material from a stockpile.

Forms of reclaimer

pluralreclaimers

Origin of reclaimer

From reclaim + -er.

Words formed from reclaimer

Questions about reclaimer

What does reclaimer mean?
Reclaimer means one who reclaims.
What part of speech is reclaimer?
Reclaimer is a noun.
What is the plural of reclaimer?
The plural of reclaimer is reclaimers.

Words near reclaimer in the dictionary

  1. reclaimably
  2. reclaimant
  3. reclaimants
  4. reclaimed
  5. reclaimed one's time
  6. reclaimer
  7. reclaimers
  8. reclaimest
  9. reclaimeth
  10. reclaiming
  11. reclaiming one's time

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