freeman

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FREE'MAN, noun [free and man.] 1. One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of another; one not a slave or vassal. 2. One who enjoys or is entitled to a franchise or peculiar privilege; as the freemen of a city or state.
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