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  • 41women's lib — also .women s libe ration n [U] old fashioned all the ideas, actions, and politics relating to giving women the same rights and opportunities as men →men s lib >women s libber n …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 42lib — 1969, Amer.Eng., shortening of liberation, used with possessives, originally in Women s Lib. Colloquial shortening libber for liberationist is attested from 1971 …

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  • 43lib — noun informal (in the names of political movements) liberation: women s lib. Derivatives libber noun …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 44women's lib — noun informal short for women s liberation. Derivatives women s libber noun …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 45women's lib — also women s lib.e.ra.tion noun (U) old fashioned all the ideas, actions, and politics connected with giving women the same rights and opportunities as men women s libber noun (C) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 46advocate — 1. noun an advocate of children s rights Syn: champion, upholder, supporter, backer, promoter, proponent, exponent, spokesman, spokeswoman, spokesperson, campaigner, fighter, crusader; propagandist, apostle, apologist, booster, flag bearer …

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  • 47libarō — *libarō, *librō germ., stark. Femininum (ō): nhd. Leber; ne. liver; Rekontruktionsbasis: an., ae., afries., mnd., ahd.; Etymologie: s. ing …

    Germanisches Wörterbuch

  • 48lib — ► NOUN informal ▪ (in the names of political movements) the liberation of a specified group: women s lib. DERIVATIVES libber noun …

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  • 49chauvinist pig —    Often in the phrase ‘male chauvinist pig’. Applied to a man, usually by a woman speaker, if she thinks he is displaying an attitude of male superiority over women, or contempt for women who demand equal rights. Such attitudes, of course, are… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 50lib —  1) to lib, to castrate. A LIBBER, a sow gelder. N.  2) a basket. A SEED LIB, a basket used for sowing corn. South.  3) half a bushel. Suss. In Essex a lib is a basket for carrying seed corn …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England