freeman

CEFRB2

/ˈfɹiː.mən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who is legally free and has full rights.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A free person

Examples

  • The documentary was narrated by Morgan Freeman.

  • The narrator of the documentary was Morgan Freeman.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.

  2. A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.

  3. A person who is not a serf or slave.

More examples

In context

  • Hello, is Mr Freeman in?

  • There breathes no being but has some pretence / To that fine instinct called poetic sense; […] / The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand / The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.

  • It appears that Drs. Jones and Freeman account for the arch over the hagioscope at St. David's by saying, though without citing authorities, that there was a door there originally.

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Origin

noun

From Old English frēomann, equivalent to free + -man and paralleled by similar constructions in other Germanic languages. Doublet of preman.