Liberator

[lib-uh-rey-ter]

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Liberator¹

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

Example Sentences

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

At the head of the grave was a tombstone that listed Brown’s name, his years of life and the legend “Son of John Brown the Liberator.”

From Los Angeles Times

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