Liberator

[ lib-uh-rey-ter ]

noun

1. a four-engined heavy bomber widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. : B-24

Word History and Origins

Origin of Liberator¹

< Latin līberātor, equivalent to līberā ( re ) to liberate + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

He wrote op-eds for local newspapers and also helped to support the Liberator newspaper—published by William Lloyd Garrison.

From Time

Known for its pristine, dune-flecked beaches, and also for its historic potency, the city is home to abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, who published the Liberator newspaper, and is also said to be the birthplace of the Coast Guard.

From Washington Post

Amirpour sees the pimp as a liberator rather than a predator.

From The Daily Beast

He has been referenced in television, film, and music, sometimes simply as a cultural flashpoint, other times as a liberator.

From The Daily Beast

He declared them to be “a pictorial representation of England as a free society and the liberator of other peoples.”

From The Daily Beast

But in contrast to all too many revolutionaries, he was a genuine liberator: he refused to accept even a second term.

From The Daily Beast

An admirer of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Wilson says the plastic gun is a “Wiki Weapon” that he calls “The Liberator.”

From The Daily Beast

He is a radical and a poet and editor of The Liberator, a charming and sympathetic fellow who thinks.

From Project Gutenberg

On the 24th of June, the liberator attacked and defeated the Spaniards, who had taken up a strong position at Carabobo.

From Project Gutenberg

The liberator, having signed the constitution sanctioned by congress, obtained leave to direct the war in the south.

From Project Gutenberg

Into these conquered regions France came as a liberator, the teacher of Republicanism to mankind.

From Project Gutenberg

His efforts at the rle of liberator throughout the Hundred Days deserve careful study.

From Project Gutenberg

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