(~s)
A ~ is someone who sets people free from a system, situation, or set of ideas that restricts them in some way. (FORMAL)
We were the people’s ~s from the Bolsheviks.
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(~s)
A ~ is someone who sets people free from a system, situation, or set of ideas that restricts them in some way. (FORMAL)
We were the people’s ~s from the Bolsheviks.
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Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012