name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈlɪbəɹeɪtə/
General-American:/ˈlɪbəɹeɪtəɹ/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A person who frees or liberates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
someone who releases people from captivity or bondage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: captor
Broader terms: benefactor, helper
Narrower terms: emancipator, manumitter
History
Etymology
Originally given to someone who liberated slaves; a liberator.
From Latin līberātor (“one who sets free”), from līberāre, past participle līberātus (“to set free”); see liberate.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
مُحَرِّر
(muḥarrir)
— person who frees or liberates
Arabic:
مُعْتِق
(muʕtiq)
— person who frees or liberates
Catalan:
alliberador
— person who frees or liberates
Catalan:
alliberadora
— person who frees or liberates
Czech:
osvoboditel
— person who frees or liberates
Czech:
osvoboditelka
— person who frees or liberates
Danish:
befrier
— person who frees or liberates
Dutch:
bevrijder
— person who frees or liberates
Esperanto:
liberiganto
— person who frees or liberates
Finnish:
vapauttaja
— person who frees or liberates
Finnish:
liberaattori
— person who frees or liberates
French:
libérateur
— person who frees or liberates
German:
Befreier
— person who frees or liberates
German:
Befreierin
— person who frees or liberates
German:
Erlöser
— person who frees or liberates
German:
Erlöserin
— person who frees or liberates
Hindi:
मसीहा
(masīhā)
— person who frees or liberates
Hungarian:
felszabadító
— person who frees or liberates
Ido:
liberiganto
— person who frees or liberates
Ido:
liberigero
— person who frees or liberates
Italian:
liberatore
— person who frees or liberates
Italian:
liberatrice
— person who frees or liberates
Latin:
līberātor
— person who frees or liberates
Latin:
līberātrīx
— person who frees or liberates
Lithuanian:
išvaduotojas
— person who frees or liberates
Macedonian:
ослободител
(osloboditel)
— person who frees or liberates
Norwegian Bokmål:
befrier
— person who frees or liberates
Norwegian Nynorsk:
befriar
— person who frees or liberates
Polish:
oswobodziciel
— person who frees or liberates
Polish:
oswobodzicielka
— person who frees or liberates
Polish:
wyzwoliciel mwyzwolicielka
— person who frees or liberates
Portuguese:
libertador
— person who frees or liberates
Portuguese:
libertadora
— person who frees or liberates
Punjabi:
ਬੰਦੀ ਛੋੜ
(bandī choṛ)
— person who frees or liberates
Punjabi:
ਮਸੀਹਾ
(masīhā)
— person who frees or liberates
Russian:
освободитель
(osvoboditelʹ)
— person who frees or liberates
Russian:
освободи́тельница
(osvobodítelʹnica)
— person who frees or liberates
Spanish:
libertador
— person who frees or liberates
Spanish:
libertadora
— person who frees or liberates
Swahili:
mkombozi
— person who frees or liberates
Swedish:
befriare
— person who frees or liberates
Ukrainian:
визволи́тель
(vyzvolýtelʹ)
— person who frees or liberates
Volapük:
libükan
— person who frees or liberates
Volapük:
hilibükan
— person who frees or liberates
Volapük:
jilibükan
— person who frees or liberates
Yiddish:
באַפֿרײַער
(bafrayer)
— person who frees or liberates