Liberian

adjective

Li·​be·​ri·​an lī-ˈbir-ē-ən 

: of, relating to, or characteristic of Liberia or its people

Liberian noun

plural Liberians

Examples of Liberian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Advertisement At 19, he was invited to lunch at the Élysée during an official visit by Liberian President and former player George Weah, who had come to discuss the place of sport on his continent. — Time, Time, 26 June 2026

The Liberian government did not respond to a request for comment. — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 17 June 2026

Originally from New York, Weah is the son of legendary Liberian footballer George Weah, who is the only African to be awarded the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year. — Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 26 May 2026

Ebola arrived on these shores by plane when a Liberian man named Eric Duncan traveled to Dallas to visit family. — Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2026

Many health care workers served longer, harder deployments than mine — Sierra Leonean nurses, Guinean contact tracers, Liberian community health workers — and carried equal or greater burdens, yet Americans rarely heard their stories. — Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 20 May 2026

The story isn’t just for personal glory of the players on the pitch, according to forward Tim Weah, son of Liberian soccer star George Weah. — Doha Madani, NBC news, 11 May 2026

Habila, per its synopsis, follows a Liberian family who immigrate from Liberia to Texas after the death of their patriarch. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026

Crowded on the mantel below the map are portraits and silhouettes of Black icons, among them the Liberian theologian Alexander Crummell and the British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. — Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Liberian

• virion
• assyrian
• counterion
• criterion
• hyperion
• iberian
• illyrian
• mousterian
• shakespearean
• shakespearian
• hanoverian
• presbyterian