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emancipator

eman·ci·pa·tor

UK/ɪˈmænsɪpeɪtɚ/ uncommon

noun

1.

someone who frees others from bondage

  • “Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator”
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Origin

From Late Latin ēmancipātor, from Latin ēmancipō (“to emancipate”). By surface analysis, emancipate + -or.

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