freeborn

[ free-bawrn ]

/ ˈfriˌbɔrn /

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adjective

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

pertaining to or befitting persons born free.

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Origin of freeborn

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

Words nearby freeborn

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How to use freeborn in a sentence

In your name, and in the name of your legions, we are freeborn, and we shall remain freeborn, and we shall not be enslaved by any foe.
Michael Flynn to QAnon Believers: I’m Not a Satanist!|Will Sommer|October 8, 2021|The Daily Beast
I hope Mother Jones isn't insinuating that freeborn Americans may no longer even ask questions.
Why Shouldn't Conservatives Ask if Obama's a Communist or Nazi or All the Above?|David Frum|September 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But whoever, man or woman, caused a freeborn Athenian girl to enter one of the houses incurred the penalty of death.
Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls|Various
This new nation was founded by our freedom-loving and infinitely patient fathers, and defended by our freeborn and heroic sons.
The Affable Stranger|Peter McArthur

Commander Ward, while sighting the bow-gun of the "Freeborn," was struck in the abdomen by a bullet, and died in a few minutes.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.
“Had you been an officer, Freeborn, you would have been able to have command of the prize,” observed Sir Henry.
True Blue|W.H.G. Kingston
England boasts of her freeborn people, and her governing class, to say the least, does not love us.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 78, April, 1864|Various

British Dictionary definitions for freeborn

freeborn

/ (ˈfriːˌbɔːn) /

adjective

not born in slavery

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

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