Freeman
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
One who Is not a slave; one born free, or made so. In Old English Law. A freeholder, as distinguished from a villein. An inhabitant of a city.
St. 1 Hen. VI. c. 11; 3 Steph. Comm. 196, 197; Cunningham.