women's libber
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- noun
- /ˈwɪmɪnz ˈlɪbər/
- Archaic
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defensora del feminismo
- As a women's libber, she actively campaigns for equal pay and reproductive rights.
Examples
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If it is genuine, it's perhaps a deliberate attempt to counter those nasty "women's libbers," as we were known, ham-fisted counter-propaganda.
Blog text (3) -
The woman's libber... the bra burner,
Fiction book (2002) -
And Mary, the women's libber?
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Do you all consider yourselves women's libbers? -
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So you wouldn't call yourself a women's libber then, Kent, huh?
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Another consideration is this: in spite of years of indoctrination from women's libbers, the fact remains that boys and girls like different sorts.
Blog text (5) -
Sensitive about delegates interpreting her comments as part of a wider feminist dialogue, she explained: "I am not a women's libber, although sometimes I sound like one." 54
Academic text (2017) -
Then, to the faces looking in, and with a smile as she tilted her head to the counter, "He may not know it, but I'm a true women's libber."
Fiction book (1997) -
Many male activists viewed these seemingly individualistic "women's libbers" as traitors to the communal nature of Indigenous communities and thus to Indigenous sovereignty.
Academic text (2017) -
Alright, so I was kind of surprised, because even though Anna's kind of a women's libber, she's always been pretty mellow about things, and she's always been really anti-death penalty.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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A person who supports equal rights for women
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A person who supports equal rights for women
A person who works for equal rights for women
A person who supports Black women's rights and raises their voices
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
women's + libber
The phrase is compositionally built from the possessive modifier 'women's' plus 'libber' (an advocate for women's rights), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes a person who supports women's liberation. Although informal and somewhat dated, the meaning follows directly from the parts and is therefore predictable to someone familiar with the words.
Etymology
The noun women's libber comes from the 1960s phrase 'women's liberation' and the short form libber, used for people who wanted more rights for women. People used the name for anyone who supported the movement, so the term means 'a person who supports women's rights'.