freedwoman

English

Etymology

From freed +‎ woman.

Noun

freedwoman (plural freedwomen)

1. 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

See also

• ex-slave
• freedman
• freedperson