emancipee

See also: émancipée

English

Etymology

emancip(ate) +‎ -ee

Noun

emancipee (plural emancipees)

1. (rare) Someone freed from moral or conventional restraints; an emancipated woman.
   • 1915, DH Lawrence, The Rainbow:

     Lydia Lensky, married to the young doctor, became with him a patriot and an emancipee.

2. (rare) Someone who has been freed from bondage; a released slave or prisoner.
   • 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 167:

     The convict emancipee Robert Alexander was given very specific instructions by Jinoor Jack of the Bidwell-Maap people on how and when to burn the bush in the Genoa Valley in East Gippsland.

Synonyms

• emancipatee