Part 4570

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Freebooter</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Free"boot`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>vrijbuiter</ets>, fr. <ets>vrijbuiten</ets> to plunder; <ets>vrij</ets> free + <ets>buit</ets> booty, akin to E. <ets>booty</ets>. See <er>Free</er>, and <er>Booty</er>, and cf. <er>Filibuster</er>.]</ety> <def>One who plunders or pillages without the authority of national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a buccaneer; a sea robber.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Freebootery</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Free"boot`er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act, practice, or gains of a freebooter; freebooting.</def>

<i>Booth.</i>

<h1>Freebooting</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Free"boot`ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Robbery; plunder; a pillaging.</def>

<h1>Freebooting</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Free"boot`ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Acting the freebooter; practicing freebootery; robbing.</def>

<blockquote>Your <b>freebooting</b> acquaintance. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Freebooty</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Free"boot`y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Freebootery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Freeborn</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Free"born`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Born free; not born in vasssalage; inheriting freedom.</def>

<h1>Free-denizen</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Free"-den`i*zen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make free.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Freedman</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Freed"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Freedmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A man who has been a slave, and has been set free.</def>

<h1>Freedom</h1> <Xpage=594>

<hw>Free"dom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fre\'a2d<?/m</ets>; <ets>fre\'a2</ets>free + <ets>-dom</ets>. See <er>Free</er>, and <er>-dom</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence.</def>

<blockquote>Made captive, yet deserving <b>freedom</b> more. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Privileges; franchises; immunities.</def>

<blockquote>Your charter and your caty's <b>freedom</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; <as>as, the <ex>freedom</ex> of the will</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Ease; facility; <as>as, he speaks or acts with <ex>freedom</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Frankness; openness; unreservedness.</def>