英:[ˈfriːbɔːn]
美:[ ˈfriːbɔːrn]
英:[ˈfriːbɔːn]
美:[ ˈfriːbɔːrn]
free·born
fri born
adjective
born free rather than in slavery or captivity.
pertaining to or befitting one who was born free.
The first known use of freeborn was in the 13th century
free1 of 3adjective
having liberty : not being enslaved
free citizens
not controlled by others : independent a free press
a free country
released or not suffering from something unpleasant or painful free from disease
free from worry
not bound or contained by or as if by force
you are free to leave
having nothing that must be done instead
I'm free tomorrow night
not blocked : clear
free space
not being used or occupied
free time
not fastened
the free end of the rope
not cheap : generous
a free spender
not costing or charging anything
free tickets
not held back by fear or distrust
free expression of opinion
not combined with something else
free oxygen
able to be used alone as a meaningful unit of language
the word "hats" is a free form
not restricted by or limited to the usual forms
free skating
free2 of 3verb
to make or set free
free3 of 3adverb
in a free manner
without charge
freehand1 of 2adjective
done without mechanical aids or devices
freehand drawing
free hand2 of 2noun
freedom to act or decide
freedomnoun
the state of being free : liberty, independence
ability to move or act freely
the state of being released from something usually unpleasant
freedom from care
the quality of being frank or open
answered with freedom
use without restriction
has the freedom of the house
a political right
freedmannoun
a person freed from slavery
free1 of 3adjective
having liberty : not being enslaved
free citizens
not controlled by others : independent a free press
a free country
released or not suffering from something unpleasant or painful free from disease
free from worry
not bound or contained by or as if by force
you are free to leave
having nothing that must be done instead
I'm free tomorrow night
not blocked : clear
free space
not being used or occupied
free time
not fastened
the free end of the rope
not cheap : generous
a free spender
not costing or charging anything
free tickets
not held back by fear or distrust
free expression of opinion
not combined with something else
free oxygen
able to be used alone as a meaningful unit of language
the word "hats" is a free form
not restricted by or limited to the usual forms
free skating
free2 of 3verb
to make or set free
free3 of 3adverb
in a free manner
without charge
freebornadjective
not born in slavery
1 Ancient Rome: The pendulum swings back as freeborn Roman women are allowed to divorce, own property and inherit.
2 He had been born in Chicago, and on that account it was his custom to refer to himself as a "freeborn citizen of the great United States."
3 Now, as an adult, she has a realization: “freeborn, field-stained, I wonder / at my old envy for the well-shod mansion slave.”
4 Jousts are held every week, but only for the freeborn.
5 Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times.
6 In other remarks, Trumbull made it even clearer, saying, “Birth entitles a person to citizenship, that every freeborn person in this land, is, by virtue of being born here, a citizen of the United States.”
7 They are often forbidden from speaking during community meetings and are not allowed to intermarry with the freeborn.
8 With the freeborn foreign population mingled the thousands of slaves and freedmen of every race and tongue.
9 In the rising cities it was the warlike youth of the freeborn citizens who lead the May sports, and in the Hohenstaufen time these sports assumed the form of fashionable knightly festivals.
10 Below the ranks of land-owning white men were thousands of artisans, wage earners, tenants, sailors, and laborers who claimed the rights of freeborn Englishmen even though they might not vote or read political theories.
11 The early republican army was one of freeborn citizens, and even after the Marian reforms which opened up the army to the proletariat the Roman legions were draw from the citizenry.
12 My friend promised to keep her concealed, until this war should be over, and I could return home to protect her as a freeborn citizen of the republic.”
13 One remembers, for example, that the mother of William Lloyd Garrison wrote of her colored nurse during her illness: "A slave in the sight of man, but a freeborn soul in the sight of God."
14 Then did we learn with great anguish of heart that we, a freeborn princess, had been made a prisoner.
15 Part of the implied message of the style was that a pure, naturalistic garden embodied the unaffected and enlightened state of the freeborn Englishman.
16 Only freeborn, male Greeks could represent their cities in the sports, which included running, wrestling, boxing, the pentathlon and equestrian events.
17 Perhaps her spiteful tread upon the stairs heralded the coming protest of the freeborn American against slavery, industrial or otherwise, in which their day of deliverance was dawning.
18 The Welshmen had come to find entire freedom in the desert, and that was something the freeborn son of the desert could appreciate.
19 According to the Declaration of Independence, all white men were equal citizens, and freeborn carpenters could teach their children that a head of false hair was nothing to be afraid of.
20 “We’re taking away the ancient, inalienable right of freeborn people of the United Kingdom to go to the pub.”