freeborn

[ free-bawrn ]

adjective
  1. born free, rather than in slavery, bondage, or vassalage.

  2. pertaining to or befitting persons born free.

Origin of freeborn

1
First recorded in 1300–50, freeborn is from the Middle English word freborn, freeborn. See free, born

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How to use freeborn in a sentence

  • With a great price obtained we this freedom, and we will that our Sons and that our Daughters be free born.

    The Christian Religion | Robert G. Ingersoll
  • With your free-born democratic standards, it's impossible for you to sit still and see things go on as they are.

  • They were not free-born Welshmen; though, on the other hand, by no means to be confounded with caeths, or slaves.

  • A free-born man ought not to be afraid to see or speak to any man living.

    Elements of Morals | Paul Janet
  • As a free-born man will I make my choice, and crush these insect souls with the colossal force of my love!

    Love and Intrigue | Friedrich Schiller

British Dictionary definitions for freeborn

freeborn

/ (ˈfriːˌbɔːn) /


adjective
  1. not born in slavery

  2. of, relating to, or suitable for people not born in slavery

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