freedman
nounmasculineformal/liˈbɛɾtu/low
li·ber·to
Definitions
1In Ancient Rome, a slave who had been manumitted and obtained freedom.
The freedman could rise socially but retained some obligations to his former master.
Many freedmen became prosperous merchants.
Common collocations
Roman freedmanstatus of a freedman
2A person who has been liberated from oppression, imprisonment, or slavery.
After abolition, the freed people faced enormous integration challenges.
The freed prisoners of war returned to their countries.
Etymology
Do latim 'libertus' (liberto, homem livre), de 'liber' (livre).