emancipator

Meanings

nounemancipator (plural emancipators)

plural emancipators

A person who emancipates.
Near-synonyms: freer, liberator
1 more example
US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Synonyms: freer, liberator

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who emancipates.

Similar

freer liberator

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who frees others from bondage

Similar

manumitter

Broader

liberator

Also see

liberator manumitter

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Latinēmancipō“to emancipate”
Late Latinēmancipātor
Englishemancipator

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

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Translations

French émancipateur, émancipatrice

émancipateurone who emancipates
émancipatriceone who emancipates

Italian emancipatore, emancipatrice

emancipatoreone who emancipates
emancipatriceone who emancipates

Latin ēmancipātor, ēmancipātrīx

ēmancipātorone who emancipates
ēmancipātrīxone who emancipates

Russian освободи́тель, освободи́тельница

освободи́тель (osvobodítelʹ)one who emancipates
освободи́тельница (osvobodítelʹnica)one who emancipates

Spanish emancipador, emancipadora

emancipadorone who emancipates
emancipadoraone who emancipates

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ractopamine pentamoraic

Cite this entry

APA

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Chicago

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