freeman
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiː.mən/
The English word “freeman” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- A person who is not a serf or slave.
- A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.
- A person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.
- A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship.
- A person who immigrated to Australia freely, as opposed to those transported as convicts, or such a transported convict who has regained his freedom.
- An independent furtaker.
Etymology
From Old English frēomann, equivalent to free + -man and paralleled by similar constructions in other Germanic languages. Doublet of preman.
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