dreamer

From Middle English dremer, dremere, dremare, equivalent to dream +‎ -er. Cognate with West Frisian dreamer (“dreamer”), Saterland Frisian Dröömer (“dreamer”), Dutch dromer (“dreamer”), German Träumer (“dreamer”), Danish drømmer (“dreamer”), Swedish drömmare (“dreamer”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹimɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹiːmə/
• Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ)

dreamer (plural dreamers)

1. One who dreams.
2. Someone whose beliefs are far from realistic.
   • 1971, John Lennon, Imagine

     You may say I'm a dreamer/ But I'm not the only one/ I hope someday you'll join us/ And the world will live as one.

3. Any anglerfish of the family Oneirodidae.
4. swallow-wing puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)

• daydreamer

• dreamer at OneLook Dictionary Search
• dreamer in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• rearmed, redream