Manumitter (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who frees others from bondage; "Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The historical figure is remembered as a manumitter for his role in freeing hundreds of enslaved people during his lifetime.
- The governor's decision to commute the prisoners' sentences made him a manumitter to those who had been wrongly accused.
- Abe Lincoln is often regarded as a manumitter for his part in abolishing slavery in the United States.
- Harriet Tubman's actions as a conductor on the Underground Railroad made her a renowned manumitter in the fight against slavery.
- In many African countries, those who help victims of human trafficking are considered manumitters and celebrated as heroes.