a person who is free; a person who enjoys personal, civil, or political liberty.
a person who enjoys or is entitled to citizenship, franchise, or other special privilege.
a freeman of a city.
Douglas Southall 1886–1953, U.S. journalist and biographer.
Edward Augustus, 1823–92, English historian.
Mary E(leanor Wilkins), 1862–1930, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
a male given name.
a person who is not a slave or in bondage
a person who enjoys political and civil liberties; citizen
a person who enjoys a privilege or franchise, such as the freedom of a city
before 1000; Middle English freman, Old English frēoman. See free, man
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But he is entitled to be a freeman of Llantrisant through his grandmother Gwen as he is "descended from coal miners from Senghenydd and housewives from Pontypridd", and is related to an existing freeman.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Tom Daley has been made an honorary freeman of Plymouth by the city council.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2021
I hesitated to include this 2013 drama, directed by Steve McQueen and adapted from the memoirs of Solomon Northup, an African-American freeman enslaved and sent to the South.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2019
In this view, the unlimited abundance of the American environment guaranteed that every hard-working freeman had the “right to rise,” particularly in the boundless West.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
A freeman from his appearance, dressed in striped gray trousers and a vest of cowhide.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Zoe Saldana stars as the leader of a CIA special-ops team, joined by a stellar cast that includes Nicole Kidman, Michael Kelly and Morgan Freeman.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
For Yonatan Freeman, an international relations expert at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the primary aim of the visit is to dispel reports of a cooling in relations between the allies.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Defining who is a journalist has not been hugely problematic,” said George Freeman, a lawyer who heads the Media Law Resource Center, a nonprofit that supports the media in legal matters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
And so Freeman held that this fact alone was sufficient to grant them constitutional protections under the Second Amendment.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Mr. Freeman hugs them carefully, either because of the paint on him or because teachers hugging students can make for big trouble.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Lewis, who is himself a Freeman of the City, was photographed keeping the animals in check ahead of other freemen dressed in black hats and red and fur cloaks at the London Sheep Drive.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2024
A common species hunted by freemen and fugitives was the sperm whale, which was most famously represented as Moby Dick.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 17, 2022
As in Plymouth, the freemen, or free adult males of Massachusetts, chose a council of assistants and made John Winthrop their governor.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Nearly 180,000 freemen and freedmen would serve in the Union Army, bolstering the force as it fought a brutal war of attrition against the Confederacy.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2017
There were many freemen in South Carolina who’d relocated for the so-called opportunities, but they’d served their time as chattel.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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