🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

自由人

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zì yóu rén

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Freeman/ˈfriː.mən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"在中世纪,自由人享有城市居民的权利。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who enjoys legal and political liberty, rather than being a slave or serf.

    "The charter granted to the borough ensured that every freeman had the right to vote in local elections."
  2. 2

    A person who has been granted the honorary freedom of a city.

    "He was made a freeman of the city in recognition of his decades of public service."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'freeman' originates from the Old English 'freomann', which combines 'freo' meaning 'free' and 'mann' meaning 'man'. Historically, it referred to a person who was not a serf or slave, particularly in medieval England, and has evolved to denote someone who enjoys civil liberties and rights.

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