Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Freeman \Free"man\, n.; pl. {Freemen}. [AS. fre['o]man;
   fre['o]free + mann man.]
   1. One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will
      of another; one not a slave or vassal.

   2. A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing
      certain privileges; a member of a borough, town, or State,
      who has the right to vote at elections. See {Liveryman}.
      --Burrill.

            Both having been made freemen on the same day.
                                                  --Addison.