Socio-political Vocabulary
- Freeman (Colonial), in U.S. colonial times, a person not under legal restraint
- Freeman, a person who has been awarded Freedom of the City or "Freedom of the Company" in a Livery Company
- Freeman, in Middle English synonymous with franklin (class), an individual not tied to land under medieval serfdom, unlike a villein or serf
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