Definition of "modernizer" [mod•ern•i•zer]

• An advocate of modernization (noun)

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• "Cameron, a self-described conservative "modernizer" who has embraced gay rights and "green" policies, agreed to give the post of deputy prime minister to the Liberal Democrats 'leader, Nicholas Clegg, a champion of the poor."
• "Campbell a "modernizer" in religion during Chesterton's time--ed., in their almost too fastidious spirituality, admit divine sinlessness, which they cannot see even in their dreams."
• "Cameron was not well liked by large sectors of the Conservative party that he leads even before the election: he is a "modernizer" and Conservatives are conservative."