freedom fighter
Americannoun
noun
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
"Me, myself, I am a freedom fighter and I want them to be free from the Sambisa Forest regardless of the situation they find themselves when they come out, whether Muslim or married or not."
From BBC • Mar. 31, 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
But in the same way that a freedom fighter subordinates his own family to the family of the people, he must subordinate his own individual feelings to the movement.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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