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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
Who would be more deserving of honor with an additional statue than the freedwoman who conceived of the monument?
—Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 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
Who would be more deserving of honor with an additional statue than the freedwoman who conceived of the monument?
—Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 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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His troops and bureau agents began voter registration efforts for freedmen in June 1867.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Apr. 2025
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Abigail Barnett and her father, James, a freedman of the Muscogee Nation, were deeded the land that would become Boley, and many other Black Creek citizens settled nearby.—
Caleb Gayle,
The Atlantic,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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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At the same time he was also appointed a freeman of the Drapers’ Company, the guild to which the haberdashers belonged.—
Paul Strathern,
Big Think,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Freedwoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freedwoman. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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