freedwoman

[ freed-woom-uhn ]

noun

, plural freed·wom·en.

1. a woman who has been freed from slavery.

Word History and Origins

Origin of freedwoman¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; freed ( def ) + woman

Example Sentences

A freedwoman had roused superstitious fear in the heart of a daughter of the Cæsars!

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I saw them just now, right across the Forum, when the wretched freedwoman clung shrieking round my shins.

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Some measure of the situation may be taken from what befell when the freedwoman Claudia Acte became the mistress of Nero.

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She wrote a few words also, committing care over Lygia to Nero's freedwoman, Acte.

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This young freedwoman was of a character far superior to the mode of life into which she had been forced while still a slave.

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