Usually means: Indulgent in sensual pleasures, unprincipled.
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  1. libertine: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. libertine: Merriam-Webster
  3. libertine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. libertine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. libertine: Collins English Dictionary
  6. libertine: Vocabulary.com
  7. Libertine, libertine: Wordnik
  8. libertine: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. libertine: Wiktionary
  10. libertine: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. libertine: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. libertine: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Libertine, libertine: Dictionary.com
  14. libertine: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Libertine (Liv Kristine album), Libertine (disambiguation), Libertine (song), Libertine, The Libertine (album), The Libertine (book), The Libertine (disambiguation), The Libertine (play), The Libertine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Libertine: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. libertine: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. libertine: Rhymezone
  19. Libertine: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. libertine: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. libertine: FreeDictionary.org
  22. libertine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. libertine: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. libertine: Legal dictionary

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  1. libertine: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. libertine: A Word A Day
  2. libertine: Wordcraft Dictionary

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Libertine: Easton Bible
  2. LIBERTINE: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Libertine: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See libertines as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (historical) Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
noun:  One who is freethinking in religious matters.
noun:  Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker.
adjective:  Dissolute, licentious, profligate; loose in morals.

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