Freedwoman

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    a female person who has been freed from slavery wordnet

Synonyms

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citizenfreedman

Example

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"Education was a high priority for Appalachian freedmen and freedwomen just as it was for blacks throughout the Reconstruction South."

Etymology

From freed + woman.

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ex slave

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