freewoman
freewoman · freewomen
A woman who is not a serf or slaveA woman who is not a serf or slave.
Meaning
1 senses(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.
a female person who is not a serf or a slave
Origin
From free + woman.From free + woman.
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Forms
plural: freewomenAntonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.