Redeemer
name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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.'"
- 2 someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.) wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 honorific title for Jesus Christ
Example
More examples"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.'"
Etymology
From Middle English redemer, redemar, equivalent to redeem + -er.
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