dreamer

dreamer · noun¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromdremer
2. English todaydreamer

From Middle English dremer, dremere, dremare, equivalent to dream + -er. Cognate with West Frisian dreamer (“dreamer”), Saterland Frisian Dröömer (“dreamer”), Dutch dromer (“dreamer”), German Träumer (“dreamer”), Danish drømmer (“dreamer”), Swedish drömmare (“dreamer”).

DREAMer · noun²

From the DREAM Act + -er, after dreamer.