unfree
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
unfree (comparative more unfree or unfreer or unfree-er, superlative most unfree or unfreest or unfree-est)
- Not free; lacking freedom, especially (historical) of a tenant who was bound to a manor.
- 2006, James R. Otteson, Actual Ethics, page 17:
- Economically free countries enjoy decentralized power, whereas the power in economically unfree countries is centralized.
Translations[edit]
not free
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Noun[edit]
unfree (plural unfrees)
- (historical) A person lacking freedom, such as a tenant bound to a manor.
- 1863, James Paterson, History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton (parts 1-2, page ccviii)
- The commissioners then proceeded to consider the various petitions and remonstrances of the unfrees, and to determine the amount to be levied from each.
- 1863, James Paterson, History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton (parts 1-2, page ccviii)