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freeborn en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɹiˌboɹn/ (General-American)
  • /ˌfɹiːˈbɔːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From free + born.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Born free rather than in bondage or as a slave
    • Hunting in the year 1000 was still a democratic pastime. Every free-born Anglo-Saxon had the right to enter the forest and bring home game for the pot. 1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 143: