freemen

plural of freeman
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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Recent Examples of freemen So did his friendly rival, John Adams, who wrote of his dream ‘…to see rising in America an empire of liberty, and a prospect of two or three hundred millions of freemen, without one noble or one king among them. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
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citizens
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  • Corporations, private citizens, and first-responder groups from Florida, New York, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, and elsewhere in Virginia reached out to offer support or request bags for their communities.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Puerto Ricans officially became American citizens (and draft eligible) in 1917, just weeks before the US entered World War I.
    — Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Nov. 2026

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“Freemen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freemen. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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