(frē′mən) noun plural ·men (-mən)
1. A man who is free; one not a slave or serf.
2. An inhabitant of a city.
3. In English law, a person admitted to the freedom of a corporate town or borough or of any other corporate body and hence having full rights and privileges.
4. In feudal law, an allodial proprietor, as distinct from a vassal.
5. In old English law, a freeholder, as distinct from a villein.
6. In colonial America, a freeholder and hence, in most colonies, an enfranchised citizen.

(frē′mən), Douglas Southall,
1886–1953, U.S. editor and historian.
—Edward Augustus,
1823–92, English historian.
—Mary Eleanor,
1852–1930, née Wilkins, U.S. writer.