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Added 10 October 2026

emancipator

/ɪˈmænsɪpeɪtɚ/ noun

In Latin: ēmancipātor, ēmancipātrīx Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about emancipator at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Someone who frees others from bondage.
Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator

Origin

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

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