Definition of freemen:
(n) :
A free person, particularly:
(n) :
(usually as two words) A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship.
(n) :
A person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.
(n) :
(usually historical) A person who is not a serf or slave.
(n) :
(historical) A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.
(n) :
(Australia, historical) A person who immigrated to Australia freely, as opposed to those transported as convicts, or such a transported convict who has regained his freedom.