n. 1. One who effects a reformation or amendment; one who labors for, or urges, reform; as, a reformer of manners, or of abuses. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Eccl.Hist.) One of those who commenced the reformation of religion in the sixteenth century, as Luther, Melanchthon, Zwingli, and Calvin. [ 1913 Webster ]
[圣德太子 / 聖德太子, Shèng dé Tài zǐ, ㄕㄥˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄊㄞˋ ㄗˇ]Prince Shōtoku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代, proponent of state Buddhism; portrayed as Buddhist saint[Add to Longdo]