rehabber en · NOUN
Etymology
From rehab + -er.
Meanings
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(informal) A 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:
- (informal) One who is in rehab for drug abuse etc.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rehabbers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |