emancipator
noun/ɪˈmænsɪpeɪtɚ/
Etymology From Late Latin ēmancipātor, from Latin ēmancipō (“to emancipate”). By surface analysis, emancipate + -or.
1
A person who emancipates.
- Near-synonyms: freer, liberator
- US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
- Derived terms
- emancipatress
- Related terms
- emancipate, emancipation, emancipatory, emancipatrix