Definition of freemannext
as in citizen
a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it after eight years of residency, you will be granted the status of freeman

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Recent Examples of freeman Aponte, a freeman who had once served in the local militia, was part of a group that had sought to launch an uprising among the enslaved. Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
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citizen
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  • Kaskaskia’s dwindling number of citizens moved inland, to the center of the island.
    Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • To the extent that their fellow-citizens refer to them at all, our government functionaries are perceived not as active agents of change but as inert, self-protecting obstructions.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

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“Freeman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeman. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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