单词 | freewoman |
释义 | freewoman/ˈfriːˌwʊmən/noun 1A woman who is (personally or politically) free; especially a woman who is not a slave.
2A woman who possesses the freedom of a city, borough, company, etc. 3Usually as two words. A woman who holds liberal, unconventional, or feminist views concerning the conventions traditionally governing feminine behaviour; a woman who does not abide by, or considers herself free of, such conventions. OriginMiddle English; earliest use found in St. Margaret. From free + woman. Compare Old English frēowīf freewoman, Middle High German vrīwīp freewoman. Compare also Dutch vrijvrouw member of the lower nobility, Middle High German vrīvrouwe freewoman (German Freifrau, now only as a title of lower nobility). |
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