freeman

Preposition: of

• city: FREEMAN OF THE CITY OF LONDON Sybil was presented with the Freeman of the City of London in 1998.
• company: All Freemen of the Company are encouraged to become a Freeman at the earliest opportunity.
• boro: It held certain privileges granted by the Crown relating either to judicial matters for the lord or rights for the freemen of the boro.
• colony: A few months later, he was made a freeman of the colony, with full voting rights.

Converse of object

• admit: Robert Smith was admitted a freeman of the burgh of Newton in 1801; his eldest son Robert followed him in 1802.
• become: He was a very large West Indian doctor who was later to become the first freeman of the Boro of Farnworth.
• make: A few months later, he was made a freeman of the colony, with full voting rights.
• ask: Now ask the freemen and villeins if they will rebel against the King and lords.
• say: Or it may have been the Gentile mentality that says freemen don't work.
• create: They should not be studied to achieve a specific aim, but in the liberal spirit which creates true freemen.

Adjective modifier

• honorary: The names of all the honorary freemen are carved into the walls of the Banqueting Hall in the Civic Center.
• poor: It was set up to house a master and 39 poor freemen or their widows.
• only: Only freemen could trade within the City, participate in its governance or hold the office of mayor.
• young: He makes both elder and younger brother freemen in the earth.
• such: Still it may be taken as giving a fair account of such freemen.
• old: Fifthly, our town constituencies should be rendered more extensive; and the old freemen, an ancient political nuisance, should be abolished.