a person who dreams: The dream provides insights into the interior life of the dreamer, or so say many psychotherapists.
a person who lives in a world of fantasy; one who is impractical and unrealistic: The phrase "economically illiterate" has long been used to smear leftists as unrealistic utopian dreamers.
a person whose ideas or projects are considered audacious or highly speculative; visionary: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was considered a dreamer—and what a wonderful dream it is!
Usually Dreamer .Sometimes DREAMer . a person who qualifies for DACA or the Dream Act.
Origin of dreamer
First recorded in 1250–1300; def. 4 first recorded in2010–15; Middle English; see dream, -er1
Businesses need to work with individuals and organizations across the board, harnessing the talents of a new generation of thinkers, leaders, and dreamers to help repair the Earth.
Indra Nooyi: Why I’m optimistic about business’s role in solving climate change|jakemeth|October 9, 2020|Fortune
We can think of no better captain to inspire the next generation of dreamers on Nickelodeon, than she.
Kate Mulgrew returning as Capt. Janeway in Star Trek: Prodigy|Kate Cox|October 8, 2020|Ars Technica
Before the pandemic, the “future of work” was a topic for academics and dreamers.
Most knowledge workers don’t want to return to the office full-time|Alan Murray|September 2, 2020|Fortune
He was a dreamer, an idealist, grounded in the reality he observed around him.
Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Then came Obama, handsome rider of unicorns and dreamer of hope and change.
Hey, Boomers—Millennials Hate Your Partisan Crap|Nick Gillespie|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Allan Mayer, American Apparel's co-chair, seemingly laughed at Charney's plea, labeling him "a dreamer."
American Apparel’s Dov Charney Speaks for First Time Since Firing|The Fashion Beast Team|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Secretly, however, Marie pines for Emil Bergson, a dreamer and intellect who seems ill-suited to life on a farm.
American Dreams: ‘O Pioneers!’ by Willa Cather|Nathaniel Rich|February 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The dreamer tries to help, and fends off a man who is about to accost her with lecherous intentions.
Book Bag: André Aciman’s Favorite Novellas of Unconsummated Loves|André Aciman|January 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
John Cooper was not characteristically a seer of visions or a dreamer of dreams.
Peter Cooper|Rossiter W. Raymond
These have a logic of their own; but the dreamer has not even a crazy logic.
The Oxford Book of American Essays|Various
She was an enthusiast, a dreamer, passionately 315 sincere, passionately pitiful.
Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker|Marguerite Bryant
The dreamer was the natural son of the unfortunate Lady Brandon.
The Deputy of Arcis|Honore de Balzac
Why may we not do the same thing here, ask the dreamer to give us the meaning of his dream?
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis|Sigmund Freud
British Dictionary definitions for dreamer
dreamer
/ (ˈdriːmə) /
noun
a person who dreams habitually
a person who lives in or escapes to a world of fantasy or illusion; escapist