Definition of "freedman" []

• A man who has been freed from slavery. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "A Roman slave on being manumitted was called a freedman (libertinus) and became a citizen."
• "The ranks of the army called the freedman to the rescue of his race."
• "A freedman is the proper person to carry a load on the street, not his patron."