freedwomann.

Brit.

/ˈfriːdˌwʊmən/, U.S.

/ˈfridˌwʊmən/

Inflections: Plural freedwomen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: freed adj., woman n.

Etymology: < freed adj. + woman n., after classical Latin līberta, feminine of lībertus (see libertine n.). Compare earlier freedman n., libertine n. 1.

Now historical.

An emancipated female slave. Cf. freedman n.

ΚΠ

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 241 He called home againe to cohabite with him in his house Caenis a freed-woman of Antonia [L. Antoniae libertam].

1783 A. Ferguson Hist. Progress & Termination Rom. Republic III. 440 Being told that Phœbé, the freedwoman and confident of Julia,..had put herself to death.

1870 J. H. Patrick Let. 20 Apr. in W. A. Patrick & B. P. Patrick Lett. from Two Brothers (1988) 11 When a freed woman found her dead, she was covered with ants.

1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules xiii, in tr. Gaius Institutes 389 Other persons of free-birth are forbidden to marry..a freedwoman manumitted by a procurer or procuress.

1965 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 1 May 5 b/7 Mrs. Dawson also remembered that as a freedwoman she still did farm work for her old family, on the Speakler plantation.

2006 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Feb. t2 Will Campbell..and Davis' great-grandmother, freedwoman Chloe Curry..began a ‘relationship’ in the 1870s.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	freedwoman
释义	freedwomann. Brit. /ˈfriːdˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈfridˌwʊmən/ Inflections: Plural freedwomen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: freed adj., woman n. Etymology: < freed adj. + woman n., after classical Latin līberta, feminine of lībertus (see libertine n.). Compare earlier freedman n., libertine n. 1. Now historical. An emancipated female slave. Cf. freedman n. ΚΠ 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 241 He called home againe to cohabite with him in his house Caenis a freed-woman of Antonia [L. Antoniae libertam]. 1783 A. Ferguson Hist. Progress & Termination Rom. Republic III. 440 Being told that Phœbé, the freedwoman and confident of Julia,..had put herself to death. 1870 J. H. Patrick Let. 20 Apr. in W. A. Patrick & B. P. Patrick Lett. from Two Brothers (1988) 11 When a freed woman found her dead, she was covered with ants. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules xiii, in tr. Gaius Institutes 389 Other persons of free-birth are forbidden to marry..a freedwoman manumitted by a procurer or procuress. 1965 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 1 May 5 b/7 Mrs. Dawson also remembered that as a freedwoman she still did farm work for her old family, on the Speakler plantation. 2006 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Feb. t2 Will Campbell..and Davis' great-grandmother, freedwoman Chloe Curry..began a ‘relationship’ in the 1870s. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1606
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