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nouna disputant who advocates reform
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- dry a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- owen Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
- activist a militant reformer
- militant a militant reformer
- wilkes English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797)
- townsend United States social reformer who proposed an old-age pension sponsored by the federal government; his plan was a precursor to Social Security (1867-1960)
- dix United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887)
- utopian an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer
- huss Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)
- hus Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)