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libertyman

libertyman noun: a sailor who is granted shore leave.

Noun

libertyman (plural libertymen)

  1. A sailor who is granted shore leave.
    • 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...1888, Rudyard Kipling, Only a Subaltern https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Under_the_Deodars/Only_a_Subaltern

Forms of libertyman

plurallibertymen

Origin of libertyman

liberty + -man

Questions about libertyman

What does libertyman mean?
Libertyman means a sailor who is granted shore leave.
What part of speech is libertyman?
Libertyman is a noun.
What is the plural of libertyman?
The plural of libertyman is libertymen.

Words near libertyman in the dictionary

  1. liberty steaks
  2. liberty taker
  3. liberty takers
  4. libertye
  5. libertyless
  6. libertyman
  7. libertymen
  8. Libertys
  9. Libertyville
  10. liberum veto
  11. Libet

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