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

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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

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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