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liberty men

liberty men is the plural of liberty man.

Meaning of liberty man

Noun

liberty man (plural liberty men)

  1. A sailor who has been granted permission to go ashore.
    • 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 liberty-men of the ships fell foul of the drafts for India, and the battle...1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 135

Questions about liberty men

What is liberty men the plural of?
Liberty men is the plural of liberty man.

Words near liberty men in the dictionary

  1. Liberty Island
  2. liberty loan
  3. liberty loans
  4. liberty man
  5. liberty measles
  6. liberty men
  7. liberty of conscience
  8. liberty of indifference
  9. liberty of speech
  10. liberty of the press
  11. liberty pole

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