English edit

Etymology edit

reclaim +‎ -er

Noun edit

reclaimer (plural reclaimers)

  1. One who reclaims.
    • 1839, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, volume 33:
      The Rev. Mr. Crabb, of Hill, near Southampton, the benevolent reclaimer of the gipsies, calculates that there are in this country upwards of 18,000 of this wandering race, and in other parts of the world 700,000.