"freedman" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-freedman.wav Forms: freedmen [plural]
Etymology: From freed + man. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|freed|man}} freed + man Head templates: {{en-noun|freedmen}} freedman (plural freedmen)
  1. A man who has been released from a condition of slavery. Wikipedia link: freedman Categories (topical): People, Slavery Hypernyms: ex-slave, freeman Derived forms: freedmanship Related terms: freedwoman Translations (man who has been released from slavery): ἐξελεύθερος (exeleútheros) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ἀπελεύθερος (apeleútheros) (Ancient Greek), مَعْتُوق (maʕtūq) [masculine] (Arabic), вольнаадпу́шчанік (volʹnaadpúščanik) [masculine] (Belarusian), вольнаадпу́шчаніца (volʹnaadpúščanica) (english: woman) [feminine] (Belarusian), 自由民 (zìyóumín) (Chinese Mandarin), propuštěnec [masculine] (Czech), vrijgelatene [masculine] (Dutch), vapautettu orja (Finnish), affranchi [masculine] (French), Freigelassener [masculine] (German), leysingi [masculine] (Icelandic), frelsingi [masculine] (Icelandic), liberto [masculine] (Italian), affrancato [masculine] (Italian), emancipato [masculine] (Italian), lībertus [masculine] (Latin), lībertīnus [masculine] (Latin), ослободеник (oslobodenik) [masculine] (Macedonian), wyzwoleniec [masculine] (Polish), liberto [masculine] (Portuguese), вольноотпу́щенник (volʹnootpúščennik) [masculine] (Russian), вольноотпу́щенница (volʹnootpúščennica) (english: woman) [feminine] (Russian), ослобођѐнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), oslobođènīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prepustenec [masculine] (Slovak), liberto [masculine] (Spanish), huru (Swahili), вільновідпу́щеник (vilʹnovidpúščenyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), вільновідпу́щениця (vilʹnovidpúščenycja) (english: woman) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ослободеник"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "man who has been released from slavery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wyzwoleniec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "man who has been released from slavery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liberto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volʹnootpúščennik",
      "sense": "man who has been released from slavery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вольноотпу́щенник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "woman",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "volʹnootpúščennica",
      "sense": "man who has been released from slavery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вольноотпу́щенница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "man who has been released from slavery",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ослобођѐнӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "man who has been released from slavery",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oslobođènīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "man who has been released from slavery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prepustenec"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "man who has been released from slavery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liberto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "man who has been released from slavery",
      "word": "huru"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vilʹnovidpúščenyk",
      "sense": "man who has been released from slavery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вільновідпу́щеник"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "woman",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vilʹnovidpúščenycja",
      "sense": "man who has been released from slavery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вільновідпу́щениця"
    }
  ],
  "word": "freedman"
}

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