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freedman

English

Etymology

From freed +? man.

Noun

freedman (plural freedmen)

  1. A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.
    • 2001, John C. Inscoe, Appalachians and Race: The Mountain South from Slavery to Segregation, "Introduction", page 7:
      Education was a high priority for Appalachian freedmen and freedwomen just as it was for blacks throughout the Reconstruction South.

Hypernyms

  • ex-slave
  • freeman

Derived terms

  • freedmanship

Translations

See also

  • freedwoman

Anagrams

  • Federman, enframed

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reedman

English

Etymology

reed +? -man

Noun

reedman (plural reedmen)

  1. Someone who plays a reed instrument.

Anagrams

  • Merenda, amender, enarmed, meander, reamend, renamed

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