redeemer
redeemer noun: one who redeems; one who provides redemption.
Noun
redeemer (plural redeemers)
- One who redeems; one who provides redemption.
- However there is little doubt that Virgil did - in that very sad age of the world, an age of "misery and massacre," and in common with thousands of others - look for the coming of a great 'redeemer.'1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 137
- But these seekers, too, are saved - by virtue of the inherited symbolic aids of society, the rites of passage, the grace-yielding sacraments, given to mankind of old by the redeemers and handed down through millenniums.1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 23
Proper noun capitalized: Redeemer
the Redeemer
- honorific title for Jesus Christ
redeemer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
redeemer in Hindi
- रिडीमर
redeemer in Tamil
- விடிவிப்பவர்
redeemer in Marathi
- रिडीमर
redeemer in Urdu
- ریڈیمر, چھڑانے والا
More languagesFewer languages
- redeemer in Telugu
- విమోచకుడు, విమోచనకర్త
- redeemer in Malayalam
- വിമോചകൻ, ഉദ്ധാരകൻ, യേശുദേവൻറെ അപരനാമം
- redeemer in Kannada
- ವಿಮೋಚಕ, ಉದ್ಧಾರಕ
- redeemer in Punjabi
- ਰਿਡੀਮਰ, ਰੀਡੀਮਰ
- redeemer in Gujarati
- રીડીમર, રિડીમર
- redeemer in Nepali
- रिडिमर
- redeemer in Tagalog
- manunubos
Forms of redeemer
| plural | redeemers |
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Origin of redeemer
From Middle English redemer, redemar, equivalent to redeem + -er.
Words formed from redeemer
Phrases with redeemer
Questions about redeemer
- What does redeemer mean?
- Redeemer means one who redeems; one who provides redemption.
- What is redeemer in Hindi?
- Redeemer in Hindi is रिडीमर. See Redeemer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is redeemer?
- Redeemer can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of redeemer?
- The plural of redeemer is redeemers.
Words near redeemer in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: redeemer (page history and authors); Redeemer (page history and authors); redeemer (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); redeemer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redeemer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); redeemer (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); redeemer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); redeemer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redeemer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redeemer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); redeemer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); redeemer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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