name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Standard Lemma guide
freeman
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈfɹiː.mən/
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/ˈfɹiːˌmæn/
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name
Meaning 2
A surname.
An English surname from Middle English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
A freed slave surname originating as an occupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Kane County, Illinois.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Owen County, Indiana.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Clare County, Michigan.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 10
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Hutchinson County, South Dakota.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 11
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 12
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 13
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Langlade, Langlade County, Wisconsin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 14
A free person
A person who is not a serf or slave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, usually
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noun
Meaning 15
A free person
A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 16
A free person
A person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.
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noun
Meaning 17
A free person
A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
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noun
Meaning 18
A free person
A person who immigrated to Australia freely, as opposed to those transported as convicts, or such a transported convict who has regained his freedom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, historical
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noun
Meaning 19
A free person
An independent fur trapper.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, historical
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noun
Meaning 20
a person who is not a serf or a slave
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: freewoman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: citizen
Narrower terms: freedman, freedwoman
History
Etymology
* Proprialisation of freeman. From originating as a freeman (instead of a serf, indentured, or some other status) * free + man. A surname taken up by freed slaves.
From Old English frēomann, equivalent to free + -man and paralleled by similar constructions in other Germanic languages. Doublet of preman.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: vapaa — person who is not a serf or slave
- Finnish: vapaa mies — person who is not a serf or slave
- French: homme libre — person who is not a serf or slave
- German: Kerl — person who is not a serf or slave
- Polish: człowiek wolny — person who is not a serf or slave
- Russian: во́льный (vólʹnyj) — person who is not a serf or slave
- Tumbuka: mwanangwa — person who is not a serf or slave
- Belarusian: во́льны чалаве́к (vólʹny čalavjék) — person who is a citizen of a free country
- Chinese Mandarin: 自由民 (zìyóumín) — person who is a citizen of a free country
- Finnish: vapaan maan kansalainen — person who is a citizen of a free country
- Hebrew: בֶּן חוֹרִין (ben ẖorín) — person who is a citizen of a free country
- Japanese: 自由民 (jiyūmin) — person who is a citizen of a free country
- Japanese: 自由人 (jiyūjin) — person who is a citizen of a free country
- Korean: 자유민 (jayumin) — person who is a citizen of a free country
- Korean: 자유인 (jayuin) — person who is a citizen of a free country
- Polish: wolny obywatel — person who is a citizen of a free country
- Polish: wolna obywatelka — person who is a citizen of a free country
- Russian: свобо́дный челове́к (svobódnyj čelovék) — person who is a citizen of a free country
- Ukrainian: ві́льна люди́на (vílʹna ljudýna) — person who is a citizen of a free country
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