"real-worlder" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: real-worlders [plural]
Etymology: real world + -er Etymology templates: {{af|en|real world|-er|id2=inhabitant}} real world + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} real-worlder (plural real-worlders)
  1. Synonym of realist, a practical person who lives in the real world as distinguished from those perceived to inhabit cloudcuckooland or similarly detached from reality in some way. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: realist [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-real-worlder-en-noun-MWr-ofMl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (inhabitant)

Inflected forms

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