Emancipee

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone freed from moral or conventional restraints; an emancipated woman. rare

    "Lydia Lensky, married to the young doctor, became with him a patriot and an emancipee."

  2. 2
    Someone who has been freed from bondage; a released slave or prisoner. rare

    "The convict emancipee Robert Alexander was given very specific instructions by Jinoor Jack of the Bidwell-Maap people on how and when to burn the bush in the Genoa Valley in East Gippsland."

Example

More examples

"Lydia Lensky, married to the young doctor, became with him a patriot and an emancipee."

Etymology

From emancip(ate) + -ee.

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