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dream·er

   [dree-mer]
noun
1.
a person who dreams.
2.
a person who lives in a world of fantasy; one who is impractical and unrealistic.
3.
a person whose ideas or projects are considered audacious or highly speculative; visionary.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English. See dream, er1
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dreamer (ˈdriːmə)
 
—n
1.  a person who dreams habitually
2.  a person who lives in or escapes to a world of fantasy or illusion; escapist
3.  archaic a prophet; visionary

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dreamer
c.1300, "one who dreams," agent noun from from dream. Meaning "idler, daydreamer" emerged by 1530s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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