HOW TO PRONOUNCE
freeman
/ˈfɹimən/
Press play to hear how to pronounce freeman.
American Pronunciation Guide · 0:47
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does freeman mean?
noun
- A person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.
- A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship.
proper noun
- A surname.
More meanings (16)
proper noun
- An English surname from Middle English.
- A freed slave surname originating as an occupation.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Kane County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Owen County, Indiana.
- A township in Clare County, Michigan.
- A township in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
- A city in Hutchinson County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington.
- A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Langlade, Langlade County, Wisconsin.
noun
- (historical) A person who is not a serf or slave.
- (historical) A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.
- (historical) A person who immigrated to Australia freely, as opposed to those transported as convicts, or such a transported convict who has regained his freedom.
- (historical) An independent furtaker.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ˈfɹimən/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
That destined for performing the same office with regard to the freeman is managed by the freeman himself.
But the same principle, on this point, that applies to a peer of the realm, applies to every freeman.
More book examples (3)
And would you say that the soul of such an one is the soul of a freeman, or of a slave?
There is nothing very striking or peculiar about my career as a freeman, when viewed apart from my life as a slave.
My idea was to disguise myself as a freeman of peasant degree and wander through the country a week or two on foot.