Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, a sailor who has leave to go ashore; one who has been allowed a period of liberty for recreation.
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Examples
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"'No,' says I, 'I'm a liberty-man from the _Tremendous_.'
The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Alfred Ollivant 1900
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