freeman
/ˈfɹiː.mən/noun
freeman is spelled F-R-E-E-M-A-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, freeman means “A person who is not a serf or slave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of freeman is freemen.
How many letters and syllables are in freeman?
| Letters | 7: F-R-E-E-M-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.8 times per million words; the 9,165th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is freeman?
Freeman appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce freeman?
- /ˈfɹiː.mən/
- /ˈfɹiːˌmæn/
Freeman has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_freeman.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of freeman
- freemen plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does freeman mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who is not a serf or slave.
- 2
A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.
- 3
A person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.
- 4
A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship.
There breathes no being but has some pretence / To that fine instinct called poetic sense; […] / The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand / The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.
- 5
AustraliaA person who immigrated to Australia freely, as opposed to those transported as convicts, or such a transported convict who has regained his freedom.
- 6
CanadaUSAn independent furtaker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Freeman in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who is not a serf or slave:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | homme libre |
| German | Kerl |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does freeman come from?
From Old English frēomann, equivalent to free + -man and paralleled by similar constructions in other Germanic languages. Doublet of preman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).