1. a person who updates or brings something up to current standards or practices

Examples

• The new CEO was known as a modernizer who transformed the old-fashioned company.
• As a modernizer of education, she introduced technology into every classroom.
• The modernizer faced resistance from employees who preferred traditional methods.
• He earned a reputation as a modernizer after updating the city’s infrastructure.
• The modernizer’s reforms improved efficiency but upset some longtime workers.
• She was hired as a modernizer to bring the museum into the digital age.