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Definition of libertine noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

libertine

noun
 
/ˈlɪbətiːn/
 
/ˈlɪbərtiːn/
(formal, disapproving)
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  1. a person, usually a man, who leads a life that is not moral and who is interested in pleasure, especially sexual pleasureTopics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a freed slave or the son of one): from Latin libertinus ‘freedman’, from liber ‘free’.
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