as in citizen
a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it
after eight years of residency, you will be granted the status of freeman
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Recent Examples of freeman
So did his friendly rival, John Adams, who wrote of his dream ‘…to see rising in America an empire of liberty, and a prospect of two or three hundred millions of freemen, without one noble or one king among them.
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Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
Aponte, a freeman who had once served in the local militia, was part of a group that had sought to launch an uprising among the enslaved.
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Laurent Dubois,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
On Tuesday, January 28th, founding Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward will be recommended to the city council to receive the honor of becoming freemen of the city of Birmingham.
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Quentin Thane Singer,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
At the same time he was also appointed a freeman of the Drapers’ Company, the guild to which the haberdashers belonged.
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Paul Strathern,
Big Think,
7 Jan. 2025
Son of an African king, Venture Smith became the first black man to document his capture from Africa and life as an American slave and successful black freeman in Connecticut.
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Hartford Courant,
30 Aug. 2022
Divided into three movies, the story starred Martin freeman as Bilbo Baggins and Ian McKellen reprised his role from the earlier trilogy as the wizard Gandalf.
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Aaron Pressman,
Fortune,
26 May 2021
Son of an African king, Venture Smith became the first black man to document his capture from Africa and life as an American slave and successful black freeman in Connecticut.
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courant.com,
28 Aug. 2019
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
Aponte, a freeman who had once served in the local militia, was part of a group that had sought to launch an uprising among the enslaved.
—
Laurent Dubois,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
On Tuesday, January 28th, founding Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward will be recommended to the city council to receive the honor of becoming freemen of the city of Birmingham.
—
Quentin Thane Singer,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
At the same time he was also appointed a freeman of the Drapers’ Company, the guild to which the haberdashers belonged.
—
Paul Strathern,
Big Think,
7 Jan. 2025
Son of an African king, Venture Smith became the first black man to document his capture from Africa and life as an American slave and successful black freeman in Connecticut.
—
Hartford Courant,
30 Aug. 2022
Divided into three movies, the story starred Martin freeman as Bilbo Baggins and Ian McKellen reprised his role from the earlier trilogy as the wizard Gandalf.
—
Aaron Pressman,
Fortune,
26 May 2021
Son of an African king, Venture Smith became the first black man to document his capture from Africa and life as an American slave and successful black freeman in Connecticut.
—
courant.com,
28 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freeman
citizen
Noun
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Kaskaskia’s dwindling number of citizens moved inland, to the center of the island.
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To the extent that their fellow-citizens refer to them at all, our government functionaries are perceived not as active agents of change but as inert, self-protecting obstructions.
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“Freeman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeman. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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