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Recent Examples of freedwoman
Deeming it a religious conspiracy, the Senate issued a formal decree prohibiting the Bacchanalia throughout Italy—all because a lowly freedwoman wanted to protect her lover.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2023
Instead, Nero fell hard for a lowborn freedwoman named Acte.
—Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020
Elizabeth Amelia Parkhill was born in 1817 in Richmond, Va., to a freedwoman who may have served as a cook.
—Steve Bell, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2019
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2023
Instead, Nero fell hard for a lowborn freedwoman named Acte.
—Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020
Elizabeth Amelia Parkhill was born in 1817 in Richmond, Va., to a freedwoman who may have served as a cook.
—Steve Bell, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freedwoman
Noun
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National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author Xiaolu Guo recasts Ishmael as a 17-year-old girl disguised as a cabin boy and Ahab as a Black freedman named Seneca, haunted by his father’s legacy of enslavement.—
Theara Coleman,
TheWeek,
6 Jan. 2026
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Gold Dollar Building Constructed in 1869 by freedman George Franklin in the then Wheatville freedom colony, the limestone and wooden structure at 2402 San Gabriel St. was a post-Civil War cultural and religious center for Austin’s Black community.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
Noun
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Aponte, a freeman who had once served in the local militia, was part of a group that had sought to launch an uprising among the enslaved.—
Laurent Dubois,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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On Tuesday, January 28th, founding Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward will be recommended to the city council to receive the honor of becoming freemen of the city of Birmingham.—
Quentin Thane Singer,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Freedwoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freedwoman. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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