Definitions

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  • noun US, historical One of the antislavery settlers in Kansas Territory in the 1850s.
  • noun Ireland, historical One of those in Ireland who supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

Etymologies

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free state +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Free-Stater Mrs Isabella Direko (ANC) smilingly remarked that she and the

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • The exception was a Free-Stater who spoke English volubly.

    With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train Ernest N. Bennett

  • But the Free-Stater was not a bit impressed by my rhetoric, and simply said,

    With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train Ernest N. Bennett

  • The Free-Stater preferred to remain in his own country, and he would have been able to do so had we not been hampered by a big "waggon-camp" and a large number of oxen.

    Three Years' War Christiaan Rudolf De Wet 1888

  • Have an anonymous Free-Stater buy lunch for one of the court clerks and ask her / him about their thoughts in the matter.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008

  • Have an anonymous Free-Stater buy lunch for one of the court clerks and ask her / him about their thoughts in the matter.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008

  • Have an anonymous Free-Stater buy lunch for one of the court clerks and ask her / him about their thoughts in the matter.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008

  • Have an anonymous Free-Stater buy lunch for one of the court clerks and ask her / him about their thoughts in the matter.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2008

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