redeemer
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who redeems; one who provides redemption.
name
Example Sentences
- "However there is little doubt that Virgil did - in that very sad age of the world, an age of "misery and massacre," and in common with thousands of others - look for the coming of a great 'redeemer.'"
- "But these seekers, too, are saved - by virtue of the inherited symbolic aids of society, the rites of passage, the grace-yielding sacraments, given to mankind of old by the redeemers and handed down through millenniums."
- "With no experience in management, little knowledge of life in Scottish football, a dressing room to gut and replace, Gerrard is now cast in the role of Rangers' great redeemer. Whatever fate befalls him, this will not be dull."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
redeemers (plural)
the Redeemer (canonical)