Freedman Meaning
/frˈidmən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA man who has been released from a condition of slavery.
nameA surname., A German and Jewish surname from German.
Sentence Examples
The freedman was finally free.
The freedman started a new life.
The freedman worked hard to purchase his own land.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The former slave became a ____ and purchased his own land.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After the war, the former slave became a ____ and began a new life as a farmer in the countryside.
Word Origin & History
From freed + man.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The nomen belonged to all members of a gens and to all those attached to it (women, clients, and freedmen included)."
— 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv:
"Education was a high priority for Appalachian freedmen and freedwomen just as it was for blacks throughout the Reconstruction South."
— 2001, John C. Inscoe, “Introduction”, in Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation, page 7:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The former slave became a ____ and purchased his own land.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After the war, the former slave became a ____ and began a new life as a farmer in the countryside.