Definitions for redeemerrɪˈdi mər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

re•deem•errɪˈdi mər(n.)

  1. a person who redeems.

  2. (cap.) Jesus Christ.

    Category: Religion

Origin of redeemer:

1400–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Christ, Savior, Saviour, Good Shepherd, Redeemer, Deliverer(noun)

    a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

  2. redeemer(noun)

    someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.)

Wiktionary

  1. Redeemer(Noun)

    Jesus Christ

  2. redeemer(Noun)

    One who redeems; who provides redemption

Webster Dictionary

  1. Redeemer(noun)

    one who redeems

  2. Redeemer(noun)

    specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. redeemer

    1. A man who died that grafters might live. 2. An Oriental who would have forgiven Hiram Johnson. 3. The founder of a great trust, with headquarters in the Vatican. 4. Any one who consorts with the underworld, but who spends his vacation after death in the upper world. 5. In the Catholic Church the Man Higher Up, to whom the Pope plays Jack Rose. 6. One who saved the whole world, but who had himself damned for his pains. _E. g._, First Citizen: "Christ was a myth." Second Citizen: "He was not!" (Then they murder each other in His Name.)


Translations for redeemer

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Redeemer(noun)

(often with the ) Jesus Christ.

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