freeman
Meanings
Plural: freemen
Noun
- a person who is not a serf or a slave
- A free person
- A person who is not a serf or slave.
- A free person
- A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.
- A free person
- A person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.
- A free person
- A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship.
- 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.
- A free person
- An independent fur trapper.
Origin / Etymology
From Old English frēomann, equivalent to free + -man and paralleled by similar constructions in other Germanic languages. Doublet of preman.
Scrabble Score: 12
freeman is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordfreeman is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
freeman is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
freeman is a valid Words With Friends word