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Definition of: libertine
(lib′ər·tēn) noun
1. One who does not restrain his desires or appetites; a debauchee.
2. In ancient Rome, a manumitted slave, a freedman, or the child of such a person.
—adjective
1. Dissolute; licentious.
2. Freed from slavery; manumitted. [<L libertinus <libertus freedman <liber free]
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