Meanings
liberator1
plural liberators
- A person who frees or liberates.
Synonyms: deliverer, emancipator, manumitter, manumittor
Liberator2
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who frees or liberates.
More synonyms by meaning
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Origin
liberator · noun
- Latinlīberātor“one who sets free”
- Englishliberator
From Latin līberātor (“one who sets free”), from līberāre, past participle līberātus (“to set free”); see liberate.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Liberator · proper noun
Originally given to someone who liberated slaves; a liberator.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُحَرِّر, مُعْتِق
- مُحَرِّر (muḥarrir)person who frees or liberates
- مُعْتِق (muʕtiq)person who frees or liberates
Catalan alliberador, alliberadora
- alliberadorperson who frees or liberates
- alliberadoraperson who frees or liberates
Czech osvoboditel, osvoboditelka
- osvoboditelperson who frees or liberates
- osvoboditelkaperson who frees or liberates
Danish befrier
- befrierperson who frees or liberates
Dutch bevrijder
- bevrijderperson who frees or liberates
Esperanto liberiganto
- liberigantoperson who frees or liberates
Finnish vapauttaja, liberaattori
- vapauttajaperson who frees or liberates
- liberaattoriperson who frees or liberates
French libérateur
- libérateurperson who frees or liberates
German Befreier, Befreierin
- Befreierperson who frees or liberates
- Befreierinperson who frees or liberates
- Erlöserperson who frees or liberates
- Erlöserinperson who frees or liberates
Hindi मसीहा
- मसीहा (masīhā)person who frees or liberates
Hungarian felszabadító
- felszabadítóperson who frees or liberates
Italian liberatore, liberatrice
- liberatoreperson who frees or liberates
- liberatriceperson who frees or liberates
Latin līberātor, līberātrīx
- līberātorperson who frees or liberates
- līberātrīxperson who frees or liberates
Lithuanian išvaduotojas
- išvaduotojasperson who frees or liberates
Norwegian Bokmål befrier
- befrierperson who frees or liberates
Polish oswobodziciel, oswobodzicielka
- oswobodzicielperson who frees or liberates
- oswobodzicielkaperson who frees or liberates
- wyzwoliciel mwyzwolicielkaperson who frees or liberates
Portuguese libertador, libertadora
- libertadorperson who frees or liberates
- libertadoraperson who frees or liberates
Punjabi ਬੰਦੀ ਛੋੜ, ਮਸੀਹਾ
- ਬੰਦੀ ਛੋੜ (bandī choṛ)person who frees or liberates
- ਮਸੀਹਾ (masīhā)person who frees or liberates
Russian освободитель, освободи́тельница
- освободитель (osvoboditelʹ)person who frees or liberates
- освободи́тельница (osvobodítelʹnica)person who frees or liberates
Spanish libertador, libertadora
- libertadorperson who frees or liberates
- libertadoraperson who frees or liberates
Swahili mkombozi
- mkomboziperson who frees or liberates
Swedish befriare
- befriareperson who frees or liberates
Ukrainian визволи́тель
- визволи́тель (vyzvolýtelʹ)person who frees or liberates
Yiddish באַפֿרײַער
- באַפֿרײַער (bafrayer)person who frees or liberates
Cite this entry
liberator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liberator
“liberator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liberator. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “liberator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liberator.
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