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.

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词条贡献者

资深译员姚坚，国际知名语言学院法律翻译专业，擅长翻译各类与主权诉讼，仲裁及债务解决相关的法律文件。