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freehoods

freehoods is the plural of freehood.

Meaning of freehood

Noun

freehood (usually uncountable, plural freehoods)

  1. (nonstandard, rare, usually) The state or condition of being free; freedom.
    • Here the citizens of Ghent took the oath of allegiance to each new Count on his accession, after they had compelled him to swear in good old Teutonic style "to uphold and see upheld all the standing wits (laws), fore-rights (regulations), freehoods, and wonts of the Countship and town of Ghent."1897, Grant Allen, Cities of Belgium

Questions about freehoods

What is freehoods the plural of?
Freehoods is the plural of freehood.

Words near freehoods in the dictionary

  1. freeholdership
  2. freeholding
  3. freeholdings
  4. freeholds
  5. freehood
  6. freehoods
  7. freehub
  8. freehubs
  9. freeing
  10. freeing up
  11. freeingly

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