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? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Привет! Сеньор Фриман здесь? — Avelesy
Добрий день, а пан Фріман є? — aandrusiak
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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? — aandrusiak
ruПривет! Сеньор Фриман здесь? — Avelesy
deHallo! Ist Herr Freeman da? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The documentary was narrated by Morgan Freeman.
deDer Sprecher in dem Dokumentarfilm war Morgan Freeman. — Sudajaengi
Daniel's guest introduced himself as Morgan Freeman.
The narrator of the documentary was Morgan Freeman.
Hello, is Mr. Freeman there?
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
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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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.