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noun a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
noun a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
adjective showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
originThe adjective is from Old French liberal, from Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), from līber (“free”); it is attested since the 14th century. The noun is first attested in the 1800s.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0