freedom fighter
Americannoun
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freedom fighters
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
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 Galactic Emperor’s top henchman and the freedom fighter Luke Skywalker were related?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 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 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
I joined the boxers and for the first few weeks of the separation we trained at an uncomfortable place for a freedom fighter, the police gymnasium.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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