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libertine

n.
US //ˈɫɪbɝˌtin// UK //lˈɪbətˌiːn// lib·er·tine Archaic
Synonyms
Etymology 1

From Latin libertinus (“a freedman, prop. adj., of or belonging to the condition of a freedman”), from libertus (“a freedman”), from liber (“free”); see liberal, liberate.

Etymology 2

From French libertin.

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