liberatressn.
/ˈlɪbəreɪtrᵻs/, /lɪbərəˈtrɛs/, U.S. /ˈlɪbəˌreɪtrəs/ Now archaic and rare.
A female liberator. Also figurative.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > one who frees > female
liberatrix1783
liberatress1792
liberatrice1820
1792 London Chron. 9 Oct. 346/1 The first health drank was that of the Empress of Russia, the Liberatress of Poland.
1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 6 4 Joan..was received with the honours due to the liberatress of the town.
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxviii. 276 He had run over to Laura, his liberatress, to thank her for his recovered freedom.
1898 Times 10 Aug. 3/6 Arriving from the holy places of our liberatress Russia.
1920 L. H. Gray Mythol. of All Races XI. viii. 262 The restless Orehu, the Woman of the Waters, may be none other than the authoress of evil, the liberatress of ills.
2000 D. Eddings & L. Eddings Redempt. of Althalus (2001) xxxv. 567 Sergeant Khalor dispatched several platoons of soldiers..to summon any remaining officials to the throne room, ‘to confer with the Liberatress’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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