freeman
pronunciation
How to pronounce freeman in British English:
UK [ˈfri:mən]
How to pronounce freeman in American English:
US [ˈfrimən]
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- Noun:
- a person who is not a serf or a slave
Word Origin
- freeman (n.)
- Old English freoman "free-born man;" see free (adj.) + man (n.). Similar formation in Old Frisian frimon, Dutch vrijman, Old High German friman.
Example
- 1. Mr freeman notes that every government sins .
- 2. Martin freeman as bilbo baggins in the hobbit : an unexpected journey .
- 3. Moniz and freeman just drilled into skull and guesstimated where they should core or cut .
- 4. This slave dreamed of becoming a freeman .
- 5. Ray freeman : for the next three years , helen learned more and more new words .