emancipator

emancipator
emancipate VERB 1) set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions. 2) free from slavery.
DERIVATIVES emancipation noun emancipator noun emancipatory adjective.
ORIGIN Latin emancipare 'transfer as property' , from mancipium 'slave' .

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  • emancipator — emancipatór adj. m., pl. emancipatóri; f. sg. şi pl. emancipatoáre Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  EMANCIPATÓR, OÁRE adj. care emancipează; emancipativ. (< fr. emancipateur …   Dicționar Român

  • Emancipator — E*man ci*pa tor, n. [L.] One who emancipates. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • emancipator — 1782, agent noun in Latin form from EMANCIPATE (Cf. emancipate) …   Etymology dictionary

  • emancipator — noun A person who emancipates. US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. See Also: emancipate, emancipation, emancipatory, emancipatrix …   Wiktionary

  • emancipator — noun someone who frees others from bondage Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator • Syn: ↑manumitter • Derivationally related forms: ↑manumit (for: ↑manumitter), ↑emancipate …   Useful english dictionary

  • emancipator — noun see emancipate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • emancipator — See emancipative. * * * …   Universalium

  • emancipator — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. liberator, deliverer, rescuer, redeemer; see liberator …   English dictionary for students

  • emancipator — n. one who emancipates, liberator, one who frees …   English contemporary dictionary

  • emancipator — n liberator, deliverer, rescuer, preserver; freer, manumitter, enfranchiser, releaser; breaker of bonds, Both Theol.Savior, Redeemer …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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