# libertine

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɪb.ə.tiːn/ · frequency rank #52,457

## Definitions
1. Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.

## Etymology
From Latin libertinus (“a freedman, prop. adj., of or belonging to the condition of a freedman”), from libertus (“a freedman”), from liber (“free”); see liberal, liberate.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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