rehabber

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noun

A rehabilitator; a person who rehabilitates buildings or animals.

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Meanings

nounrehabber (plural rehabbers)

plural rehabbers

  1. informalA rehabilitator; a person who rehabilitates buildings or animals.

    At the time, he was a 30-year-old home rehabber and realtor who had worked on several successful projects but had not quite hit the Lincoln Park boom in a really big way.

    1988 January 29, Ben Joravsky, “Can Ron Gan extend the boundaries of Lincoln Park? To West Town?”, in Chicago Reader
  2. informalOne who is in rehab for drug abuse etc.

Origin

From rehab + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

rehabber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rehabber

MLA

“rehabber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rehabber. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rehabber,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rehabber.

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