emancipist

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   historical Australian English: a transported convict who had completed the sentence or received a pardon

   The emancipist opened a shop after receiving his freedom in New South Wales.

Formed in colonial Australia from emancipate + -ist. It named a transported convict who had become legally free after serving a sentence or receiving a pardon, distinguishing that person from both current convicts and free settlers.

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