the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who emancipates.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who emancipates, or liberates from bondage or restraint.
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n. someone who frees others from bondage
Word Usage
"Despite this, many saw golf as an emancipator for “none of the pre-golf pasttimes led their devotees so far afield or brought them together in such numbers as golf has done.”"