freeman
A free personA free person: A person who is not a serf or slave.
» Hello, is Mr Freeman in?
Hallo! Ist Herr Freeman da?
Привет! Сеньор Фриман здесь?
Добрий день, а пан Фріман є?
Meaning
6 sensesA 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
(historical)A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.
A person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.
(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
(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.
(Canada, US, historical)An independent furtaker.
Examples
7 sentencesHello, is Mr Freeman in?
Добрий день, а пан Фріман є?
ruПривет! Сеньор Фриман здесь?
deHallo! Ist Herr Freeman da?
The documentary was narrated by Morgan Freeman.
deDer Sprecher in dem Dokumentarfilm war Morgan Freeman.
Daniel's guest introduced himself as Morgan Freeman.
The narrator of the documentary was Morgan Freeman.
Hello, is Mr. Freeman there?
Translations
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Origin
From Old English frēomann, equivalent to free + -man and paralleled by similar constructioFrom 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: freemenAntonyms
4 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular