Definition of Redeemer

1. 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. Noun. Someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.).
Generic synonyms: Money Dealer, Money Handler
Derivative terms: Redeem, Redeem, Redeem

Definition of Redeemer

1. n. One who redeems.

Definition of Redeemer

1. Noun. Jesus Christ ¹

2. Noun. One who redeems; who provides redemption ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Redeemer

1. one that redeems [n -S] - See also: redeems

Lexicographical Neighbors of Redeemer

redecorator
redecorators
reded
rededicate
rededicated
rededicates
rededicating
rededication
rededications
redeem
redeem oneself
redeemability
redeemable
redeemableness
redeemed
redeemer (current term)
redeemers
redeemeth
redeeming
redeeming(a)
redeems
redefault
redefaults
redefeat
redefeated
redefeating
redefeats
redefect
redefected
redefecting

Literary usage of Redeemer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Besides the names Jesus, Saviour, redeemer, which directly express the work of Redemption, there are other titles commonly attributed to Christ because of ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"A.—The sacerdotal office of the redeemer is thus described by Manning (The ... Besides the names Jesus, Saviour, redeemer, which directly express the work ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The real redeemer is Jesus Christ, who, according to the ... of the one redeemer both the humiliation of man, without which there would be no satisfaction, ..."

4. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, 47 : 4. onr redei-iner, the Lord of hosts 48:17. Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, 49: 7. the redeemer of Israel, ..."

5. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1921)
"... (6) in which words may be remarked what we have before hinted, that the office of a redeemer wat assigned to him in order that he might be our Saviour. ..."

6. The Doctrine of Sacred Scripture: A Critical, Historical, and Dogmatic by George Trumbull Ladd (1883)
"But most important of all it is to observe, that the biblical idea of God as the redeemer gives us the central truth from which to deduce a certain valid ..."

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