dreamer

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
dreamer
    n 1: someone who is dreaming
    2: someone guided more by ideals than by practical
       considerations [syn: {idealist}, {dreamer}]
    3: a person who escapes into a world of fantasy [syn:
       {escapist}, {dreamer}, {wishful thinker}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dreamer \Dream"er\ (dr[=e]m"[~e]r), n.
   1. One who dreams.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes
      of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer.
      [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "dreamer":
      Don Quixote, Quixote, Utopian, daydreamer, dreamer of dreams,
      enthusiast, escapist, idealist, idealizer, illusionist,
      lotus-eater, prophet, rhapsodist, romancer, romantic, romanticist,
      seer, theorist, utopian, utopianist, utopianizer, visionary,
      wishful thinker
from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date
DREAMER

T. H. E., castle builder.  Lived long ago, and
intended doing something to-day. Spent much time thinking about
the best girl in the world. A great friend of Procrastinator.
Went through life waiting for to-morrow. Several men, however,
with the same name, have awakened and given their dreams to the
world (see Columbus, etc., and Lady Macbeth).
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