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Unfree

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    hampered and not free; not able to act at will wordnet
  2. 2
    held in servitude wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person lacking freedom, such as a tenant bound to a manor. historical

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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