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reclaimer Definition


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reclaim
verb
    1. To seek to regain possession of something; to claim something back.
      Thesaurus: salvage, regain, retrieve, recover, redeem, rescue.
    2. To make (especially marshland, also wasteland or previously developed land) available for agricultural or commercial use.
    3. To recover useful materials from industrial or domestic waste.
    4. old use
      To reform someone or convert them from evil, etc.
noun
    1. The action of reclaiming something or someone, or the state of being reclaimed.
Derivative: reclaimable
adj
    Derivative: reclaimant
    noun
      Etymology: 13c: from French réclamer, from Latin reclamare to cry out or exclaim.



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