Source : WordNet®

Free State
     n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
          {Maryland}, {Old Line State}, {MD}]
     2: any state prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War [ant: {slave
        state}]
     3: a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the
        Boers; named Free State in 1997 [syn: {Orange Free State}]