libertyman

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noun

A sailor who is granted shore leave.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounlibertyman (plural libertymen)

plural libertymen

  1. A sailor who is granted shore leave.
    1 more example

    With these counsels, and many others equally valuable, did Papa Wick fortify Bobby ere that last awful night at Portsmouth when the Officers' Quarters held more inmates than were provided for by the Regulations, and the libertymen of the ships fell foul of the drafts for India, and the battle raged long and loud from the Dockyard Gates even to the slums of Longport, while the drabs of Fratton came down and scratched the faces of the Queen's Officers.

    1888, Rudyard Kipling, Only a Subaltern

Origin

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APA

libertyman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/libertyman

MLA

“libertyman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/libertyman. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “libertyman,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/libertyman.

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