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Webster 1828 Edition


Freewoman

FREE'WOMAN

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Noun.
A woman not a slave.

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freewoman

freewoman

English

Noun

freewoman (plural freewomen)

  1. (historical) A woman who is not a serf or slave.
    • The Cambridge Medieval History Series
      And for some offences, e.g. marrying a freewoman, he [the serf] was liable by statute, like a slave, to chains or stripes.