freeman

Meanings

1. A free person
2. A person who is not a serf or slave.
3. A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.
4. A person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.
5. A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship.
6. A person who immigrated to Australia freely, as opposed to those transported as convicts, or such a transported convict who has regained his freedom.
7. An independent fur trapper.

1. A surname.
2. An English surname from Middle English.
3. A freed slave surname originating as an occupation.
4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
7. An unincorporated community in Kane County, Illinois.
8. An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Owen County, Indiana.
9. A township in Clare County, Michigan.
10. A township in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
11. A city in Hutchinson County, South Dakota.
12. An unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington.

Etymology

From Old English frēomann, equivalent to free + -man and paralleled by similar constructions in other Germanic languages. Doublet of preman.