libertine

/ˈlɪb.ə.tiːn/

LꞮB · ə · tiːn (3 syllables)

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Definition

Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.

Etymology

From Latin libertinus (“a freedman, prop. adj., of or belonging to the condition of a freedman”), from libertus (“a freedman”), from liber (“free”); see liberal, liberate.

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