FREEMAN

freeman. 1. A person who possesses and enjoys all the civil and political rights belonging to

the people under a free government. 2. A person who is not a slave. 3.Hist. A member of a

municipal corporation (a city or borough) who possesses full civic rights, esp. the right to vote.

4.Hist. A freeholder. Cf. VILLEIN. 5.Hist. An allodial landowner. Cf. VASSAL. — Also spelled

free man.[Blacks Law 8th]