Fre·mont (frē'mŏnt') A city of western California on San Francisco Bay southeast of Oakland. It is a manufacturing and shipping center. Population: 202,000.
Fré·mont (frē'mŏnt') American explorer, soldier, and politician who explored and mapped much of the American West and Northwest, served as U.S. senator from California (1850-1851), and ran for President (1856).