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redeemer

[ri-dee-mer] / rɪˈdi mər /
NOUN
emancipator
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NOUN
liberator
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In the scarcely less crucial role of Biff, the Lomans’ wayward elder son, on whom Willy has pinned his hopes as the redeemer of his own failures, Mr. Abbott is a revelation.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

After a revolutionary announces himself the Madhi, or the redeemer, a war breaks out in 19th-century Sudan over the legitimacy of his messianic claim.

From New York Times Mar. 10, 2023

Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, through Jesus Christ, our mediator and redeemer.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2022

Mitchell sees himself in the role of redeemer — not destroyer.

From Seattle Times Jul. 4, 2022

Sister Loretta was still staring balefully at the crucified redeemer.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Selling Federal bonds dilutes the pool of dollars in circulation when those bonds are redeemed if no taxes were used to pay redeemers.

From New York Times Mar. 21, 2018

The ride in Hagen not only made Dujardin a contender for gold in London but also announced her—and Hester—as potential redeemers of dressage.

From The New Yorker Aug. 1, 2016

It looks like a straight choice between Profumo/Aitken and Archer/Black, and most people, you feel, would be on the side of the redeemers.

From The Guardian Mar. 11, 2013

Desperate people tend to latch onto sudden redeemers, but those sudden redeemers usually fade away pretty fast.

From New York Times Nov. 7, 2011

There is that which is older than man and his redeemers, higher than the stars, vast as the Immensities, ancient as the Eternities themselves, and in this incarnation man may see God.

From Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles by Sullivan, W. R. Washington




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