▪ I. libber1
(ˈlɪbə(r))
Now dial.
[f. lib v.1 + -er1.]
A gelder.
| 14.. Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 693/32 Hic castrator, lybbere. 1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 141 Libbers have for libbinge of pigges, pennies a peece for the giltes, and half pence a peece for the gowtes or bore pigges. 1674–91 Ray N.C. Words 44 A Libber, a Sow-gelder. 1683 G. Meriton Yorks. Dialogue 4 The Libber comes to Morn; weese Libb th' awd Piggs. |
▪ II. ˈlibber2
colloq. abbrev. liberationist. Cf. lib, woman n. 10.
| 1971 Tel. (Brisbane) 19 May 17/1 Women's libbers are preparing to do battle with the police in Baltimore. 1972 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 26/4 Now the star-maker has decided to calm the libbers with another token. 1973 Times 1 Nov. 12/6 The Female Woman sorts out..the contemporary confusion of ideas about the sexes which the Libbers have..worse confounded. 1973 Daily Tel. 24 Nov. 11/8 The..debate set things off by producing a truly appalling female whose anti-male views were so extreme and so crudely expressed that orthodox Libbers in the audience showed dismay. |