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FREEWOMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does freewoman mean?
• FREEWOMAN (noun)
The noun FREEWOMAN has 1 sense:
1. a person who is not a serf or a slave
Familiarity information: FREEWOMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is not a serf or a slave
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
freeman; freewoman
Hypernyms ("freewoman" is a kind of...):
citizen (a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "freewoman"):
freedman; freedwoman (a person who has been freed from slavery)
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