woolman

[ wool-muhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural wool·men.

Origin of woolman¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; wool, man

At the present moment, for instance, it is halfway through the front cover of the 'Journal of John Woolman.'

Like Woolman and Lay, he advocated abstinence from intoxicating spirits.

It was then that the saintly John Woolman did his work; but he was only the most distinguished among many others.

John Woolman and others were appointed on committees to visit slaveholders and persuade them.

As an itinerant Friend, Woolman, the anti-slavery apostle, came to the Hill in 176-.

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