Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Freeman"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Freeman \Free"man\, n.; pl. {Freemen}. [AS. fre['o]man;
fre['o]free + 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

freeman
n : a person who is not a serf or a slave [syn: {freewoman}]


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