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affranchis

affranchis is the plural of affranchi.

Meaning of affranchi

Noun

affranchi (plural affranchis)

  1. (historical) A freed (manumitted) black person in one of France's colonies, especially Haiti.
    • The affranchis were identifiably mulatto and, as such, considered themselves superior to the mass of black slaves. They attempted to emulate whites and developed an ideology of race hatred […]1983, JoAnn M. Jaffe, Structural monopoly and independent household production: stagnation in the agrarian economy of Haiti

Questions about affranchis

What is affranchis the plural of?
Affranchis is the plural of affranchi.

Words near affranchis in the dictionary

  1. affowrded
  2. affowrding
  3. affowrds
  4. affraid
  5. affranchi
  6. affranchis
  7. affranchise
  8. affranchised
  9. affranchisement
  10. affranchises
  11. affranchising

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