noun A free person, particularly: A person who is not a serf or slave.
noun A person who is not a serf or slave.
noun A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.
noun A person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.
noun A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship.
noun A person who immigrated to Australia freely, as opposed to those transported as convicts, or such a transported convict who has regained his freedom.