liberty man
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sailor who has been granted permission to go ashore.
Example Sentences
- "With these counsels, and many others equally valuable, did Papa Wick fortify Bobby ere that last awful night at Portsmouth when the Officers' Quarters held more inmates than were provided for by the Regulations, and the liberty-men of the ships fell foul of the drafts for India, and the battle raged from the Dockyard Gates even to the slums of Longport, while the drabs of Fratton came down and scratched the faces of the Queen's Officers."
- "‘When libertymen come back there’s the quartermaster, the crusher, the officer of the day, sometimes the Jaunty hisself and usually Big Bill.’"