libber

American

[lib-er] / ˈlɪb ər /

noun

Informal.

an advocate, follower, or member of a social-reform liberation movement.

a women's libber; a gay libber.

Etymology

Origin of libber

An Americanism dating back to 1970–75; lib(eration) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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Keira Knightley plays a women’s libber mounting a gentle but powerful flour bomb protest at the 1970 Miss World competition at the Albert Hall.

From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2020

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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