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libertymen

libertymen is the plural of libertyman.

Meaning of libertyman

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

Questions about libertymen

What is libertymen the plural of?
Libertymen is the plural of libertyman.

Words near libertymen in the dictionary

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

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