noun

• 1A person who dreams or is dreaming.

  1. 1.1A person who is unpractical or idealistic.
     More example sentences

     • ‘a rebellious young dreamer’
     Synonyms

     fantasist, fantasizer, daydreamer

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• 2

  (also DREAMer, Dreamer)

  US A person who has lived in the US without official authorization since coming to the country as a minor. People of this description who met certain conditions would be eligible for a special immigration status under federal legislation first proposed in 2001.

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  • ‘she found out the Department of Transportation was not going to grant drivers' licenses to DREAMers’

  Origin

  From the initials of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act + -er.