A person (esp. a man) who possesses the freedom of a city, borough, company, guild, etc.
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| 释义 | society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > one possessing freedom of a city or company (9) freeman1387 A person (esp. a man) who possesses the freedom of a city, borough, company, guild, etc. baron1576 Anciently applied to the freemen of London, York, and some other places, who were homagers of the king, bound to suit and service; applied till the… charterer?1592 (a) One who holds land by charter; a freeholder. (b) A freeman of a chartered borough. libertine?1611 A person who possesses the freedom of a city; a freeman. Obsolete. rare. livery1630 Collective uses. = livery company n. at compounds 2; (also) the liverymen of a City of London livery company. liveryman1641 A member of a City of London livery company who is entitled to wear the livery (livery, n. 11a) of the company to which he or she belongs, and to… Subcategories:— body of (1) — status of freeman (1) — box presented to freeman of town (1) |
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