Word of the Day:
affranchise
What It Means
To free from obligation, servitude or service.
Eventually, the intention was that they should affranchise all the slaves.
Did You Know?
From late Middle English affranchysen, from Old French afranchiss-, long stem of afranchir (modern French affranchir), from a- + franchir (“to free”). By surface analysis, af- + franchise.
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