Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Freeman

Freeman , noun

[Anglo-Saxon freóman; freófree + mann man.]

1.
One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of another; one not a slave or vassal.
2.
A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing certain privileges; a member of a borough, town, or State, who has the right to vote at elections. See Liveryman. — Burrill
Both having been made freemen on the same day. — Addison