n. A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A man who has been a slave, and has been set free.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A man who has been a slave and is manumitted or otherwise set free: as, the freedmen of ancient Rome; the class of freedmen created by the abolition of slavery.
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n. a person who has been freed from slavery
Word Usage
"A Roman slave on being manumitted was called a freedman (libertinus) and became a citizen."