ex-slave
ex-slave noun: a former or emancipated slave.
Noun
ex-slave (plural ex-slaves)
- A former or emancipated slave.
- Near-synonym: freedman
- […] nearly half the Appalachian ex-slaves had endured fifteen years or more of enslavement, and they were old enough to form and to retain oral histories.2003, Wilma P. Dunaway, “Introduction”, in Slavery in the American Mountain South, page 12
- Synonyms:
- freedman
Synonyms of ex-slave
Forms of ex-slave
| plural | ex-slaves |
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Origin of ex-slave
From ex- + slave.
Questions about ex-slave
- What does ex-slave mean?
- Ex-slave means a former or emancipated slave.
- What part of speech is ex-slave?
- Ex-slave is a noun.
- What is the plural of ex-slave?
- The plural of ex-slave is ex-slaves.
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