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libber

American

[lib-er] / ˈlɪb ər /

noun

Informal.

an advocate, follower, or member of a social-reform liberation movement.

a women's libber; a gay libber.

Etymology

Origin of libber

An Americanism dating back to 1970–75; lib(eration) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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Too bad, because he’s an excellent ad libber.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2024

In the film she is currently shooting, Misbehaviour, she plays Sally Alexander, a women’s libber among those who invaded the stage at Miss World 1970 with football rattles and flour bombs.

From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2018

I’m an ad libber when I give talks.

From Nature • Dec. 18, 2018

An early feminist, I became a women’s libber and a fat libber.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2016

Sometimes, he complained he felt caught between the woman's libber and the Catholic señorita.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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