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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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- 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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