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unfree

adj

Etymology

From Middle English unfre, from Old English [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *unfrī; cognates include Middle High German unfrī (German unfrei), Middle Low German unvrī, Middle Dutch onvri (Dutch onvrij). By surface analysis, un- + free.

  1. inherited from *unfrī✻
  2. inherited from unfre

Definitions

  1. Not free

    Not free; lacking freedom, especially (historical) of a tenant who was bound to a manor.

    • By the time of the Nibelungenlied the word was used to denote a wide variety of usually ecclesiastic or royal administrators, from the lowest, unfree ministerial to an enfeoffed judge.
    • Economically free countries enjoy decentralized power, whereas the power in economically unfree countries is centralized.

  2. A person lacking freedom, such as a tenant bound to a manor.

    • The commissioners then proceeded to consider the various petitions and remonstrances of the unfrees, and to determine the amount to be levied from each.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA