libber
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of libber
An Americanism dating back to 1970–75; lib(eration) + -er 1
Example Sentences
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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
“I worked with the guys, I made the same money — I was the first women’s libber on television.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2017
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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