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redeemer

[ri-dee-mer] / rɪˈdi mər /
NOUN
emancipator
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NOUN
liberator
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Manuel Cuesta, a 63-year-old historian and opposition activist, recalled seeing Castro as a "redeemer" in his youth who had made Cuba what it aspired to be.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

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

A little over a week ago, as Martin O'Neill, the great redeemer, exited the club in a fanfare of gratitude and optimism, Robinson would have to face a team content in its own skin again.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

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

From Seattle Times Jul. 4, 2022

This opportunity, therefore, must not be allowed to pass by, so that Italy may behold her redeemer after so long a time.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

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

And, appearing before them in the light of their scapegoats and redeemers, we shall be adored the more for it.

From The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoyevsky




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