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Meaning of Freedman | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.
  2. A surname.
  3. A German and Jewish surname from German.
  4. Alternative form of Friedman.
    alt-of, alternative
  5. A freed slave surname originating as an occupation.

Equivalents

Examples

“The nomen belonged to all members of a gens and to all those attached to it (women, clients, and freedmen included).”
“Education was a high priority for Appalachian freedmen and freedwomen just as it was for blacks throughout the Reconstruction South.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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