freedom fighter
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of freedom fighter
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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But it’s hard to fault the admirable choice, announced Friday, of Venezuelan freedom fighter María Corina Machado.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
The entrepreneur, who was born in Germany and lives in New Zealand, has described himself as an "internet freedom fighter".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2024
His fellow freedom fighter and inmate Tokyo Sexwale recounted the story on the 2019 podcast “Dolly Parton’s America.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
His father served in the Navy at the end of World War II, and his mother was a Hungarian freedom fighter whose parents were killed by the Russians.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
In her second life, she was a freedom fighter from Bangladesh.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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