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freedwomen

freedwomen is the plural of freedwoman.

Meaning of freedwoman

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

Questions about freedwomen

What is freedwomen the plural of?
Freedwomen is the plural of freedwoman.

Words near freedwomen in the dictionary

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

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