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freedmen

freedmen is the plural of freedman.

Meaning of freedman

Noun

freedman (plural freedmen)

  1. A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.
    • The nomen belonged to all members of a gens and to all those attached to it (women, clients, and freedmen included).1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv

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Questions about freedmen

What is freedmen the plural of?
Freedmen is the plural of freedman.

Words near freedmen in the dictionary

  1. freedives
  2. freediving
  3. freedman
  4. Freedmans
  5. freedmanship
  6. freedmen
  7. freedom
  8. freedom ain't free
  9. freedom bread
  10. freedom camp
  11. freedom camped

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