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Definition: Freedman |
FreedmanNoun1. A person who has been freed from slavery. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "freedman" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1678. (references) |
Synonym: FreedmanSynonym: freedwoman (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Millions of freedmen were created as a result of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution as a result of the American Civil War. To meet this demand, during reconstruction, a Freedman's Bureau was created.
See reconstruction; Jim Crow. Freedmen were also a large social class in ancient Rome.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Freedman."
Crosswords: Freedman |
| English words defined with "freedman": Freedmen ♦ Libertinism. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "freedman": Colliberts. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "freedman": Tironian. (references) |
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Song Titles | CARRIELLE (performing artist: GENE FREEDMAN) | |
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 | [Lawrence Z. Freedman, M.D.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | A Flight Deck Director signals an F-4 "Phantom II" fighter into position on the starboard catapult, in preparation for launching, 5 August 1970. Photographed by PH2 Kevin J. Freedman. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Circus days] / Jill Freedman, '71. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Selling a freedman to pay his fine, at Monticello, Florida / from a sketch by Jas. E. Taylor. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Freedman" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 62.07% of the time. "Freedman" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 62.07% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (singular) | 37.93% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 29 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "freedman" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Freedman | Last name | 3,000 | 3,935 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "freedman"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Освободен об. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Freigelassene. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απελευθερωμένος δούλος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felszabadított rabszolga (burgher, freedmen), szabados (freedmen, libertine, licentious, particular, pornerastic), libertinus (freedmen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | liberto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eedmanfray Sclav Eliberat. (various references) ผู้ที่ไ"้รับอิสระ าพจากการเป็นทาส. (various references) người nô lệ được giải phóng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | libertas, libertinorum, libertus. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Freedman" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cremdean, Farberman, Ferelman, Fertman, Fredeman, Freidman, Freymann, fridean, Friedemann, friedmans, Friendman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "freedman" (pronounced frē"dmun) |
| 4 | -d m u n | adman, admen, Badman, Boardman, Goodman, headman, Herdman, Landman, madmen, Rodman, Woodman. |
| 3 | -m u n | abdomen, acumen, airman, albumin, alderman, antihistamine, Ashman, assemblywoman, backgammon, backwoodsman, bagman, barman, baseman, bayman, bellman, Benjamin, bitumen, boatman, bookman, Bowman, bowmen, brakeman, bushman, businesswoman, cameraman, Carman, Carmen, carmine, cattlemen, Cayman, chairman, chairwoman, Chapman, chessman, chrismon, churchman, churchmen, cinnamon, clergyman, coachman, cochairman, committeeman, common, congressman, congresswoman, corpsman, councilman, councilwoman, councilwomen, countryman, cowman, craftsman, craftsmen, crewman, daemon, dairymen, Daman, demon, desman, determine, Dolman, draftsman, draftsmen, dromon, dustman, Dutchman, Ermine, Everyman, examine, famine, ferryman, fireman, firemen, Firman, footman, foramen, foreman, foremen, forewoman, Freeman, freshman, gammon, gentleman, gentlewoman, gentlewomen, german, gunman, hangman, headsman, henchman, henchmen, Hetman, horseman, horsemen, houseman, human, huntsman, hymen, illumine, infantryman, inhuman, jasmine, Kirkman, landsman, lawman, layman, laymen, Leman, lemon, Letterman, Liman, Lineman, linemen, lobsterman, longshoremen, lumen, marksman, messman, midshipman, newswoman, newswomen, nobleman, noblewoman, nonhuman, nurserymen, oarsman, ombudsman, omen, ottoman, Outman, overman, Packman, Penman, pitchman, Pitman, Plowman, policeman, policewoman, postman, predetermine, pressman, Pullman, ragmen, reexamine, regimen, rifleman, roman, rumen, salarymen, salesman, saleswoman, saleswomen, salmon, seaman, seamen, seedsman, semen, sermon, shaman, Shipman, showman, Spearman, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, sportsman, statesman, Stillman, Stockman, subhuman, summon, superhuman, superwoman, talisman, Telamon, thiamin, timberman, Titman, Toman, townsman, tradesmen, trainmen, uncommon, vitamin, watchman, Waterman, watermen, wingman, wireman, woman, women, woodsmen, Woolman, workman, yachtsman, yeoman. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: enframed. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-f-m-n-r" | |
-1 letter: amender, defamer, enframe, freeman, meander, reedman, renamed. | |
-2 letters: damner, deafen, deafer, defame, demean, earned, endear, farmed, feared, fender, framed, meaner, mender, neared, reamed, remade, remand, remend, rename. | |
-3 letters: adeem, admen, ameer, amend, armed, defer, denar, derma, dream, eared, edema, emend, ender, enema, fader, famed, fared, frame, freed, fremd, frena, madre, maned, menad, merde. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-f-m-n-r" | |
+1 letter: forenamed. | |
+2 letters: fragmented, freedwoman. | |
+4 letters: dreamfulness, fragmentated, fragmentized. | |
+5 letters: retransformed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 72 65 65 64 6D 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .-. . . -.. -- .- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110010 01100101 01100101 01100100 01101101 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F r e e d m a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0072 0065 0065 0064 006D 0061 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4084717170796780 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, neamţ, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, greacã, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, ชาวฮังการี, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, român |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, englezesc, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ |
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