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libber

[ lib-er ]

noun

Informal.
  1. an advocate, follower, or member of a social-reform liberation movement:

    a women's libber; a gay libber.



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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of libber1

An Americanism dating back to 1970–75; lib(eration) + -er 1
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Too bad, because he’s an excellent ad libber.

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Like Espín, my mother was one of the original women's libbers.

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While Ruckelshaus was viewed at the time as something of an oddity — “the Nixon administration’s token women’s libber†— she was not a complete anomaly.

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“There’s a fear of not being able to fend for herself,†says Blanchett, who thinks Schlafly saw “the libbers†as a threat to the foundational stability of the country.

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Woodlawn and Curtis were charged with improvising the roles of “women’s libbers†trying to convince a wealthy socialite played by Darling to lend some much-needed money and glamour to the cause.

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