Meaning

6 senses
  1. A free person

    (historical, usually)A person who is not a serf or slave.

    Kerl

    во́льныйvólʹnyj

    a male person who is not a serf or a slave

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

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

  4. (usually)A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship.

    свобо́дный челове́кsvobódnyj čelovék

    ві́льна люди́наvílʹna ljudýna

  5. (Australia, 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.

  6. (Canada, US, historical)An independent furtaker.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Hello, is Mr Freeman in?

    Добрий день, а пан Фріман є?

    ruПривет! Сеньор Фриман здесь?

    deHallo! Ist Herr Freeman da?

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  2. The documentary was narrated by Morgan Freeman.

    deDer Sprecher in dem Dokumentarfilm war Morgan Freeman.

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  3. Daniel's guest introduced himself as Morgan Freeman.

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  4. The narrator of the documentary was Morgan Freeman.

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  5. Hello, is Mr. Freeman there?

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person who is a citizen of a free country:
Русский
By meaning 2
person who is not a serf or slave:
person who is a citizen of a free country:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who is not a serf or slave:

Origin

From Old English frēomann, equivalent to free + -man and paralleled by similar constructio

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

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Forms

plural: freemen
Singularfreeman
Pluralfreemen

irregular · Lesson

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
freeman — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto