Freeman

Freeman, free men, or variants may refer to:

  • A member of the Third Estate in medieval society (commoners)
  • Freeman, a member or an apprentice who has been granted freedom of the company, is a rank within livery companies
  • A person who has been awarded Freedom of the City
  • Freeman, in Middle English synonymous with franklin (class), initially a person not tied to land as a villein or serf, later a land-owner
  • Freeman (Colonial), in U.S. colonial times, a person not under legal restraint
  • Free tenant, a social class in the Middle Ages
  • Freedman, a former slave that had been freed from bondage
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