Freedman

Quick meaning: Freedman is a noun meaning A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.

Meaning

A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.

Example Sentences

The nomen belonged to all members of a gens and to all those attached to it (women, clients, and freedmen included).

Education was a high priority for Appalachian freedmen and freedwomen just as it was for blacks throughout the Reconstruction South.

Word Forms

• freedmen

Synonyms for freedman

Depending on context, synonyms include freedwoman.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include freedwoman, chamber, libertine, ex-slave, emancipee, freedome.

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