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emancipator

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪˈmænsɪpeɪtɚ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who emancipates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: freer, liberator
  • US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: freer, liberator

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who frees others from bondage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: manumitter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: liberator

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: émancipateur — one who emancipates
  • French: émancipatrice — one who emancipates
  • Ido: emancipanto — one who emancipates
  • Ido: emancipero — one who emancipates
  • Italian: emancipatore — one who emancipates
  • Italian: emancipatrice — one who emancipates
  • Latin: ēmancipātor — one who emancipates
  • Latin: ēmancipātrīx — one who emancipates
  • Russian: освободи́тель (osvobodítelʹ) — one who emancipates
  • Russian: освободи́тельница (osvobodítelʹnica) — one who emancipates
  • Spanish: emancipador — one who emancipates
  • Spanish: emancipadora — one who emancipates