freedmann.

Brit.

/ˈfriːdman/,

/ˈfriːdmən/, U.S.

/ˈfridˌmæn/,

/ˈfridmən/

Inflections: Plural freedmen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally partly modelled on a French lexical item, and partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: freed adj., man n.¹

Etymology: < freed adj. + man n.¹, originally after French libertin and its ultimate etymon classical Latin lībertus (see libertine n.). Compare earlier libertine n. 1.

Now historical.

A man who was a slave but has now been given his freedom; an emancipated (male) slave. Cf. freedwoman n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > from slavery > freedman

libertinec1384

freedman1587

manumit1637

manumiss1658

neodamode1808

recaptive1832

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxii. 610 Phlegon the Emperour Adrians Freedman [Fr. Libertin d'Adrian], confesseth in the thirteenth and fourteenth bookes of his Chronicles..that things to come were knowen to Iesus.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 245 Optatus his freed man (who sometime had bin a slaue of his) [L. Optatus e libertis eius].

1692 O. Walker Greek & Rom. Hist. ii. xxiv. 311 C. Valer. Diocletianus..was born of his Father a Freedman of Anulinus a Senator.

1725 C. Cibber Cæsar in Ægypt ii. 17 The Bark too narrow for his Train, His Freed-man Philip only follow'd him.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 63 The freedman of Tiberius, who pretended to know, that the shock of the torpedo would dissipate the gout.

1832 New-Eng. Mag. Jan. 22 Suppose, that after that time, each planter shall divide his plantation among his freedmen, and allow them to cultivate it on shares.

1863 Continental Monthly Aug. 195/1 The present opportunities for religious worship which the freedmen enjoy consist of their ‘praise meetings’.

1887 Daily News 6 Oct. 5/3 The shorthand characters..invented by Marcus Tullius Tiro, the freedman of Cicero.

1916 J. B. Thoburn Stand. Hist. Oklahoma II. 791 The allotment of lands to Indians and freedmen was a difficult and tedious procedure.

1963 A. Baraka Blues People xi. 174 The harder kinds of blues stayed in the old neighborhoods with the freedmen when the citizens moved out.

1981 Greece & Rome 28 199 Atticus' daughter was still being tutored, by his freedman Caecilius Epirota, when she was a married woman.

2002 Smithsonian June 28/2 Most batteaumen were slaves (although freedmen and white laborers worked on the boats too).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	freedman
释义	freedmann. Brit. /ˈfriːdman/, /ˈfriːdmən/, U.S. /ˈfridˌmæn/, /ˈfridmən/ Inflections: Plural freedmen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; originally partly modelled on a French lexical item, and partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: freed adj., man n.¹ Etymology: < freed adj. + man n.¹, originally after French libertin and its ultimate etymon classical Latin lībertus (see libertine n.). Compare earlier libertine n. 1. Now historical. A man who was a slave but has now been given his freedom; an emancipated (male) slave. Cf. freedwoman n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > from slavery > freedman libertinec1384 freedman1587 manumit1637 manumiss1658 neodamode1808 recaptive1832 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxii. 610 Phlegon the Emperour Adrians Freedman [Fr. Libertin d'Adrian], confesseth in the thirteenth and fourteenth bookes of his Chronicles..that things to come were knowen to Iesus. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 245 Optatus his freed man (who sometime had bin a slaue of his) [L. Optatus e libertis eius]. 1692 O. Walker Greek & Rom. Hist. ii. xxiv. 311 C. Valer. Diocletianus..was born of his Father a Freedman of Anulinus a Senator. 1725 C. Cibber Cæsar in Ægypt ii. 17 The Bark too narrow for his Train, His Freed-man Philip only follow'd him. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 63 The freedman of Tiberius, who pretended to know, that the shock of the torpedo would dissipate the gout. 1832 New-Eng. Mag. Jan. 22 Suppose, that after that time, each planter shall divide his plantation among his freedmen, and allow them to cultivate it on shares. 1863 Continental Monthly Aug. 195/1 The present opportunities for religious worship which the freedmen enjoy consist of their ‘praise meetings’. 1887 Daily News 6 Oct. 5/3 The shorthand characters..invented by Marcus Tullius Tiro, the freedman of Cicero. 1916 J. B. Thoburn Stand. Hist. Oklahoma II. 791 The allotment of lands to Indians and freedmen was a difficult and tedious procedure. 1963 A. Baraka Blues People xi. 174 The harder kinds of blues stayed in the old neighborhoods with the freedmen when the citizens moved out. 1981 Greece & Rome 28 199 Atticus' daughter was still being tutored, by his freedman Caecilius Epirota, when she was a married woman. 2002 Smithsonian June 28/2 Most batteaumen were slaves (although freedmen and white laborers worked on the boats too). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1587
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