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freeborn

[ free-bawrn ]

adjective

  1. born free, rather than in slavery, bondage, or vassalage.
  2. pertaining to or befitting persons born free.


freeborn

/ ˈfriːˌbɔːn /

adjective

  1. not born in slavery
  2. of, relating to, or suitable for people not born in slavery
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of freeborn1

First recorded in 1300–50, freeborn is from the Middle English word freborn, freeborn. See free, born
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Example Sentences

Maryland passes a similar law, which also states that freeborn women who marry enslaved men are considered enslaved.

Their new condition would prevent them and their offspring taking chieftaincy titles or marrying a freeborn.

From BBC

Robert—a man born in Africa, enslaved in America, and now a free farmer—and his freeborn African-American herbalist wife, Mary, had worked diligently to ensure this security for themselves and their children.

The musical, about freeborn Black people and newly arrived Irish immigrants coexisting peacefully, for a time, in Five Points, a New York slum, during the Civil War, focuses on a fascinating American story.

The cast also includes “The Good Place” star William Jackson Harper as Royal, a freeborn Black man Cora encounters on her journey.

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