freeborn

[free-bawrn]

adjective

born free, rather than in slavery, bondage, or vassalage.
pertaining to or befitting persons born free.

Origin of freeborn

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

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Examples from the Web for freeborn

Contemporary Examples of freeborn

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

Historical Examples of freeborn

He is a freeborn Roman, and is not to be done away with as a slave.
Nicanor - Teller of Tales
C. Bryson Taylor
They are a freeborn, manly people and love the boundless steppe.
From Pole to Pole
Sven Anders Hedin
Mr. Freeborn suspended his breakfast operations, and sat back in his chair.
Loss and Gain
John Henry Newman
"A mere Jesuitical distinction," said Freeborn with emotion.
Loss and Gain
John Henry Newman
All this was very unfair on Freeborn, though he had provoked it.
Loss and Gain
John Henry Newman

British Dictionary definitions for freeborn

freeborn

adjective

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

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