freedman

See also: Freedman

English

Etymology

From freed +‎ man.

Noun

freedman (plural freedmen)

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

Hypernyms

Derived terms

freedmanship

Translations

person who has been released from slavery

Greek:
Ancient: ἐξελεύθερος m (exeleútheros), ἀπελεύθερος (apeleútheros)
Icelandic: leysingi m, frelsingi m
Italian: liberto (it) m, affrancato (it) m, emancipato (it) m

Latin: lībertus m
Russian: вольноотпу́щенник (ru) m (volʹnootpúščennik)
Swahili: huru

See also

freedwoman

Anagrams

Federman, enframed

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