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emancipator

/ɪˈmænsɪpeɪtɚ/

emancipator noun: a person who emancipates.

Noun

emancipator (plural emancipators)

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

Synonyms of emancipator

Forms of emancipator

pluralemancipators

Origin of emancipator

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

Words formed from emancipator

Questions about emancipator

What does emancipator mean?
Emancipator means a person who emancipates.
What part of speech is emancipator?
Emancipator is a noun.
How do you pronounce emancipator?
Emancipator is pronounced /ɪˈmænsɪpeɪtɚ/.
What is the plural of emancipator?
The plural of emancipator is emancipators.

Words near emancipator in the dictionary

  1. emancipationists
  2. emancipations
  3. emancipatist
  4. emancipatists
  5. emancipative
  6. emancipator
  7. emancipatorily
  8. emancipators
  9. emancipatory
  10. emancipatress
  11. emancipatresses

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