01 n. A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.
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A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.(Rom. Antiq.)
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One of a sect of Anabaptists, in the fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth century, who rejected many of the customs and decencies of life, and advocated a community of goods and of women.(Eccl. Hist.)
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One free from restraint; one who acts according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee.“Like a puffed and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads.” — Shak.
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A defamatory name for a freethinker.[Obsolescent]