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freedwoman

freedwoman noun: a woman who has been released from a condition of slavery.

Noun

freedwoman (plural freedwomen)

  1. A woman who has been released from a condition of slavery.
    • Education was a high priority for Appalachian freedmen and freedwomen just as it was for blacks throughout the Reconstruction South.2001, John C. Inscoe, “Introduction”, in Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation, page 7

Forms of freedwoman

pluralfreedwomen

Origin of freedwoman

From freed + woman.

Questions about freedwoman

What does freedwoman mean?
Freedwoman means a woman who has been released from a condition of slavery.
What part of speech is freedwoman?
Freedwoman is a noun.
What is the plural of freedwoman?
The plural of freedwoman is freedwomen.

Words near freedwoman in the dictionary

  1. freedperson
  2. freedpersons
  3. freedstool
  4. freedstools
  5. freedumb
  6. freedwoman
  7. freedwomen
  8. freeer
  9. freeest
  10. freefall
  11. freefall style

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