freeborn
born free, rather than in slavery, bondage, or vassalage.
pertaining to or befitting persons born free.
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How to use freeborn in a sentence
In your name, and in the name of your legions, we are freeborn, and we shall remain freeborn, and we shall not be enslaved by any foe.
Michael Flynn to QAnon Believers: I’m Not a Satanist! | Will Sommer | October 8, 2021 | The Daily BeastI hope Mother Jones isn't insinuating that freeborn Americans may no longer even ask questions.
Why Shouldn't Conservatives Ask if Obama's a Communist or Nazi or All the Above? | David Frum | September 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut whoever, man or woman, caused a freeborn Athenian girl to enter one of the houses incurred the penalty of death.
Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls | VariousThis new nation was founded by our freedom-loving and infinitely patient fathers, and defended by our freeborn and heroic sons.
The Affable Stranger | Peter McArthurCommander Ward, while sighting the bow-gun of the "freeborn," was struck in the abdomen by a bullet, and died in a few minutes.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.
“Had you been an officer, freeborn, you would have been able to have command of the prize,” observed Sir Henry.
True Blue | W.H.G. KingstonEngland boasts of her freeborn people, and her governing class, to say the least, does not love us.
British Dictionary definitions for freeborn
/ (ˈfriːˌbɔːn) /
not born in slavery
of, relating to, or suitable for people not born in slavery
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