Freeman
['friːmən]
['frimən]
Definition
(n.) One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of another; one not a slave or vassal.
(n.) A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing certain privileges; a member of a borough, town, or State, who has the right to vote at elections. See Liveryman.
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Examples
- Are we at Freeman's Court? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- No longer a serf, but a freeman and a landholder, Gurth sprung upon his feet, and twice bounded aloft to almost his own height from the ground. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Anything more about our friends in Freeman's Court? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It is my privilege, as a freeman, to gabble on whatever subject I like, responded Martin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- That destined for performing the same office with regard to the freeman is managed by the freeman himself. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The great-grandfather was the first freeman of Pasteur's forbears, having purchased with money his emancipation from serfdom. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He cannot do what he would, and his mind is full of confusion; he is the very reverse of a freeman. Plato. The Republic.
- Mr. Tupman, with a trembling voice, read the letter, of which the following is a copy:-- Freeman's Court, Cornhill, August 28th, 1827. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Because a freeman ought not to be a slave in the acquisition of knowledge of any kind. Plato. The Republic.
- The freeman or the weak lordling of a petty territory linked himself to some more powerful lord. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thou art a Saxon, father--a Saxon, and, save as thou art a servant of God, a freeman. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And would you say that the soul of such an one is the soul of a freeman, or of a slave? Plato. The Republic.
- DEAR SISTER, I am highly pleased with the account Captain Freeman gives me of you. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A smith and a file, he cried, to do away the collar from the neck of a freeman! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He was born honest, and not false--artless, and not cunning--a freeman, and not a slave. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Wherever the law allows it, and the nature of the work can afford it, therefore, he will generally prefer the service of slaves to that of freemen. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- What business has an old county man to come currying favor with a low set of dark-blue freemen? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The Hungarian mines are wrought by freemen, who employ a great deal of machinery, by which they facilitate and abridge their own labour. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A poll tax upon slaves is altogether different from a poll-tax upon freemen. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Middlemarch is a little backward, I admit--the freemen are a little backward. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In the English colonies, of which the principal produce is corn, the far greater part of the work is done by freemen. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And yet, as you see, there are freemen as well as masters in such a State? Plato. The Republic.
- I suppose there must be slaves as well as freemen. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The Greek ships, on the other hand, were mostly manned by freemen fighting for their homes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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