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How to pronounce freedman in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms freedwoman
Type of freeman, freewoman

Examples of freedman

freedman
Freedman said his client would testify that he regretted making such statements.
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Freedman, in his second year as coach, said the players'departures were a shock.
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Freedman said at the very least, Shirakawa should step down until more is known.
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Freedman, for that example, if you ever decide to use it in a followup article.
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Freedman said that she wouldn't be able to control the taste of the finished dish.
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Freedman centers on John Ioannidis, whose principal research tool is meta-analysis.
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Zaynab the high-born looked down upon Zayd the freedman who had been a slave.
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Trimalchio, a character in the Satyricon, is a caricature of such a freedman.
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A freeborn person who was illegitimate enjoyed higher social status than a freedman.
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More examples
  • A person who has been freed from slavery
  • A freedman is a former slave who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means. Historically, slaves became freedmen either by manumission (granted freedom by their owner) or emancipation, (granted freedom as part of a larger group).
  • Colibertus, quolibertus A lower class of peasant above slaves, similar in Domesday to boors.