liberator
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈlɪbəˌreɪtər/
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libertador
- As the People's Army moves toward the capital of Lhasa, the local peasants gratefully welcome their liberators... and happily join the crusade.
- liberator and healer
- liberator of women
- troops as liberators
Examples
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Pierre Dominique Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian general and liberator, is a Haitian hero worthy of study.
Academic text (1993) -
Angkar is the savior and liberator of the Khmer people.
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We came as liberators, my friend.
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Initially, they were welcomed as liberators who might bring peace and security.
Academic text (1997) -
Now, we come here not as conquerors... ...but as liberators, to return control of this city to the people.
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Twentieth- and twenty-first-century scholars champion the bicycle as a social liberator for women.
Academic text (2012) -
At Memphis, priests of this ancient land welcomed Alexander as their Liberator from Persian rule and crowned him Pharaoh.
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Wiesel gratefully acknowledged the U.S. Army liberators of the death camps.
Academic text (1998) -
Thousands of Hollanders pour onto the roads and streets to greet the allied liberators.
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The citizens celebrated the arrival of their liberator, who promised to end years of oppression.
Synonyms
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3.7
A person who uses weapons against a government to gain independence or basic rights
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7.5
A person who frees others from slavery or unfair control
A person who frees people from slavery
Antonyms
Compounds
How Effective
Surface Forms
Morphology
liberator = liberate (transparent) = liberat + or
Agentive formation from the verb 'liberate' yielding 'one who frees', a straightforward and productive derivation.
Etymology
Liberator comes from the Latin root liber, which means 'free' and is the same root you see in liberty, plus the ending -ator meaning 'one who'. So a liberator is literally 'one who frees', which is why it means a person who frees others from captivity or oppression.