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unfree

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Adj — Lacking liberty, used especially of a historical tenant tied to serving a manor.

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Unfree came into English via Middle English unfre, from an Old English form not otherwise recorded, which in turn traces to Proto-West Germanic *unfrī. Its cognates include Middle High German unfrī (German unfrei), Middle Low German unvrī and Middle Dutch onvri (Dutch onvrij). Broken down, it is un- + free.

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