Liberator

American  

[lib-uh-rey-ter] / ˈlɪb əˌreɪ tər /

noun

1. a four-engined heavy bomber widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. B-24

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Etymology

Origin of Liberator

< Latin līberātor, equivalent to līberā ( re ) to liberate + -tor -tor

Example Sentences

As the polestar of Boston abolitionism, William Lloyd Garrison, the founder of the paramount antislavery periodical the Liberator, demanded immediate emancipation, denounced the Constitution as a pro-slavery document, and rejected voting as immoral participation in a system corrupted by slavery.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Sept. 11, 1942, Hirsch, age 24, and nine other soldiers stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tuscon were in a B-24 Liberator on the return leg of a training flight to Nebraska.

From Los Angeles Times

Within an hour, Jessy offered us a Liberator or a Glock switch.

From BBC

The Liberator, designed in 2013 by "crypto-anarchist" Cody Wilson, is the world's first widely available 3D-printed gun, capable of firing a single shot.

From BBC

The U.S. legend of the “great American liberator” was invoked for decades to rationalize the country’s wars abroad, she said.

From Slate

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