Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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freeman

/ˈfɹiː.mən/ noun, proper noun

Forms freemen Freemans Freemon

  1. noun (usually historical) A person who is not a serf or slave.
  2. noun (historical) A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.
  3. noun A person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.
  4. noun (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.
  5. noun (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.
  6. noun (US and Canada, historical) An independent furtaker.
  7. proper noun (countable) A surname.
  8. proper noun An English surname from Middle English.
  9. proper noun A freed slave surname originating as an occupation.
  10. proper noun A male given name transferred from the surname.
  11. proper noun An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
  12. proper noun An unincorporated community in Kane County, Illinois.
  13. proper noun An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Owen County, Indiana.
  14. proper noun A township in Clare County, Michigan.

Synonyms

freewoman

Antonyms

nonfreeman slave bondsman serf

Etymology

From Old English frēomann, equivalent to free + -man and paralleled by similar constructions in other Germanic languages. Doublet of preman.

* Proprialisation of freeman. From originating as a freeman (instead of a serf, indentured, or some other status)
* free + man. A surname taken up by freed slaves.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who enjoys liberty, or who is not subject to the will of another; one not a slave or vassal.
  2. noun A member of a corporation, company, or city, possessing certain privileges; a member of a borough, town, or State, who has the right to vote at elections. See Liveryman. Burrill.

Etymology [AS. freóman; freófree + mann man.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “freeman”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details