as in citizens
a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it
after eight years of residency, you will be granted the status of freeman
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Since the ballot seizure, local election officials in Riverside County have debunked the allegations of irregularities by saying that the citizens' group's numbers were based on raw data that could have included unsigned ballots.—
Laurie Perez,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026 -
Congress’s February efforts to resolve the shutdown were complicated by the lawless ICE campaign in Minneapolis, where federal agents killed two American citizens during a brutal crackdown on protests.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Freemen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freemen. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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