Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of freedwoman
The island, about the size of Chicago, was once used by British slave traders sending enslaved Africans to the Americas and later became a haven for freedmen and freedwomen.
—
Ayesha Javed, Time, 14 May 2026
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.
—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
Ayesha Javed, Time, 14 May 2026
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.
—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
-
At the banquet, Pansa makes a show of his generosity by emancipating Petrinus in front of his guests — an act which, though empowering, also leaves the freedman in need of a new job and place to sleep.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
11 May 2026
-
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
Noun
-
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
Cite this Entry
“Freedwoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freedwoman. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
