unfree

== English == === 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. === Adjective === unfree (comparative more unfree or unfreer or unfree-er, superlative most unfree or unfreest or unfree-est) Not free; lacking freedom, especially (historical) of a tenant who was bound to a manor. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === unfree (plural unfrees) (historical) A person lacking freedom, such as a tenant bound to a manor. 1863, James Paterson, History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton (parts 1-2, page ccviii) The commissioners then proceeded to consider the various petitions and remonstrances of the unfrees, and to determine the amount to be levied from each.