Protoliberal

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who had liberal beliefs before there was a liberal establishment.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Similar to liberalism, but before its establishment. not-comparable

Etymology

From proto- + liberal.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.