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Lib"er*tine (-tĭn), n. [L. libertinus freedman, from libertus one made free, fr. liber free: cf. F. libertin. See Liberal.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.
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2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Anabaptists, in the fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth century, who rejected many of the customs and decencies of life, and advocated a community of goods and of women.
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3. One free from restraint; one who acts according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee.
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Like a puffed and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. Shak.
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4. A defamatory name for a freethinker. [Obsolescent]
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Lib"er*tine, a. [L. libertinus of a freedman: cf. F. libertin. See Libertine, n. ] 1. Free from restraint; uncontrolled. [Obs.]
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You are too much libertine. Beau. & Fl.
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2. Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose in morals; as, libertine principles or manners. Bacon.
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