civil libertarian

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   a libertarian who is actively concerned with the protection of civil liberties

   Broaderlibertarian

Questions about civil libertarian

What does civil libertarian mean?

civil libertarian means "a libertarian who is actively concerned with the protection of civil liberties".

Is civil libertarian a common word?

civil libertarian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.