freedwoman

English

Etymology

From freed +‎ woman.

Noun

freedwoman (plural freedwomen)

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

Translations

woman who has been released from slavery

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Dutch: vrijgelatene (nl) f
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Finnish: vapautettu orja (not just women)
French: affranchie (fr) f
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Greek:
Ancient: ἐξελευθέρα m (exeleuthéra), ἀπελευθέρα f (apeleuthéra)
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Italian: liberta (it) f
Latin: līberta f
Polish: wyzwolenica f
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Russian: вольноотпу́щенница (ru) f (volʹnootpúščennica)
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Swedish: frigjord kvinna

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