freeborn

[ free-bawrn ]

adjective
  1. born free, rather than in slavery, bondage, or vassalage.

  2. pertaining to or befitting persons born free.

Origin of freeborn

1
First recorded in 1300–50, freeborn is from the Middle English word freborn, freeborn. See free, born

Words Nearby freeborn

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How to use freeborn in a sentence

  • “Had you been an officer, freeborn, you would have been able to have command of the prize,” observed Sir Henry.

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  • England boasts of her freeborn people, and her governing class, to say the least, does not love us.

British Dictionary definitions for freeborn

freeborn

/ (ˈfriːˌbɔːn) /


adjective
  1. not born in slavery

  2. of, relating to, or suitable for people not born in slavery

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