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Liberty
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liberty
English
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Etymology
From en liberty.
Proper noun
~ s
en.
en French.
en occupations freed slave.
en unisex.
en female English.
en 1985 w:Anne Tyler The Accidental Tourist 0-7011-2986-7 171 Then last came Liberty. What a name, Mason always thought. It was an invention of her mother's―a flighty woman who had run away from Porter with a hippie stereo salesman eight and a half years ago and discovered immediately afterward that she was two months pregnant.
en male English.
en number of places c/USA, including:
en town/county seat co/Union County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Montgomery County s/Kansas.
en city/county seat co/Casey County s/Kentucky.
en town/county seat co/Amite County s/Mississippi.
en city/county seat co/Clay County s/Missouri.
en town/and/village therein, in co/Sullivan County s/New York. TopoZone: Liberty, New York
en city/county seat co/Liberty County s/Texas.
en town co/Grant County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Manitowoc County s/Wisconsin.
en town co/Outagamie County s/Wisconsin.
en town/and/ucomm therein, in co/Vernon County s/Wisconsin.
en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Liberty Township.
Derived terms
en West Liberty
en South Liberty
Related terms
en Liberty County
Noun
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Used attributively to designate various items (especially textiles) sold by (or characteristic of) the Liberty department store in Regent Street, London. from 19th c.
en 1894 William John Locke At the Gate of Samaria It had long been dismantled of the Liberty curtains, Persian rugs, and cheap Japaneseries.
40 The piano was draped in Liberty silk and so was the chimney-piece.
References
Anagrams
en beilrty Birtley Tribley
en unisex given names