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freeborn1
adjectivefreeborn (not comparable)
- not comparableBorn free rather than in bondage or as a slave
Hunting in the year 1000 was still a democratic pastime. Every free-born Anglo-Saxon had the right to enter the forest and bring home game for the pot.
1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 143
Freeborn2
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adjectiveborn free of free parents
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pornborncornwornwarntornborneswornbournethornhorneunbornrebornmournscornmornadornforlornpeppercornWestbourneshornlornmourneleghorn
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