Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
FREEMAN
freeman, freewoman
(noun) a person who is not a serf or a slave
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
freeman (plural freemen)
A free person, particularly
(usually historical) A person who is not a serf or slave.
(historical) A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.
An honorary freeman: a person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.
(usually as two words) A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship.
(Australia, historical) A person who immigrated to Australia freely, as opposed to those transported as convicts, or such a transported convict who has regained his freedom.
(US & Canada, historical) An independent fur trapper.
Synonyms
• (member in full standing of a medieval town): citizen, burgher, burgess
Antonyms
• (a free person): slave, bondsman, serf
Hyponyms
• (one who has become free): freedman
Anagrams
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Etymology
Proper noun
Freeman (countable and uncountable, plural Freeman)
(countable) A surname.
An English surname.
A freed slave surname.
A placename
A city in South Dakota, United States
A town in Wisconsin, United States
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Free"man, n.; pl. Freemen. Etym: [AS. freóman; freófree + mann man.]
1. One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of another; one not a slave or vassal.
2. A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing certain privileges; a member of a borough, town, or State, who has the right to vote at elections. See Liveryman. Burrill. Both having been made freemen on the same day. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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