FREEMAN Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

freeman

noun

ˈfrē-mən

Definition of freeman

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. — 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

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citizen

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Joe Conti, an independent researcher and physics enthusiast based in Massachusetts, is inviting eclipse observers across Iceland and Spain to capture the optical mystery on their smartphones as part of a citizen science project.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Legal experts say four pending federal cases — one of them filed last week — are moving forward at a time when the conservative majority on the Supreme Court gives opponents of citizen suits a greater chance than ever of success.

— Michael Phillis, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

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