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
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.
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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
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
Later on, Cooper is still pleading, still emphasizing: Let it be repeated, then, that the elector who gives his vote, on any grounds, party or personal, to an unworthy candidate, violates a sacred public duty, and is unfit to be a freeman.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Oct. 2023
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
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.
—courant.com, 28 Aug. 2019
Venture took the name Smith as his last name and lived a freeman in Stonington until 1774 before moving to East Haddam.
—courant.com, 28 Aug. 2019
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
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
Later on, Cooper is still pleading, still emphasizing: Let it be repeated, then, that the elector who gives his vote, on any grounds, party or personal, to an unworthy candidate, violates a sacred public duty, and is unfit to be a freeman.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Oct. 2023
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
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.
—courant.com, 28 Aug. 2019
Venture took the name Smith as his last name and lived a freeman in Stonington until 1774 before moving to East Haddam.
—courant.com, 28 Aug. 2019
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“Freeman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeman. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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