What does free state mean?

Definitions for free state
free state

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word free state.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Maryland, Old Line State, Free State, MDnoun

    a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

  2. free statenoun

    any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War

  3. Free State, Orange Free Statenoun

    a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997

Wiktionary

  1. free statenoun

    A political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state, as with the former Congo Free State and the former Irish Free State.

  2. free statenoun

    A Federal state, with allegiance to a larger entity, as currently with Germany, and earlier, the relationship between the states of the Holy Roman Empire and the Emperor, and later, the states of the German Empire under the Hohenzollerns.

  3. free statenoun

    An independent or autonomous political entity whose formal status and relationship to other states is undefined.

  4. free statenoun

    An approximate synonym for republic or commonwealth, as with the former Orange Free State, and especially as used for the current United Kingdom to refer to the Commonwealth period under Cromwell.

  5. Etymology: Probably a calque from German Freistaat

ChatGPT

  1. free state

    A free state is a political territory or region that operates under a self-governed democratic system, with its citizens enjoying various civil liberties and rights, such as freedom of speech, religion and association, free from external control or intervention. The concept of a free state is closely associated with principles of liberty, sovereignty, and self-rule. This term is often used in historical contexts, for instance, the "Free States" in the U.S. pre-Civil War era that did not practice slavery. However, the exact interpretation may vary depending on the context and area of application.

Wikidata

  1. Free State

    The Free State is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Orange Free State Boer republic and later Orange Free State Province. The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans were abolished and included into the provinces of South Africa. It is also the only one of the former provinces of South Africa not to undergo border changes, excluding the incorporation of Bantustans.

Editors Contribution

  1. free state

    A state or country unencumbered by loyalty, religion, blood or finances to a foreign or separatist government, country, region or political group.

    Because New York owed Canada millions for building the Erie Canal, they declared that they were still a free state and owed them no loyalty.


    Submitted by anonymous on July 24, 2019  

How to pronounce free state?

How to say free state in sign language?

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of free state in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of free state in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of free state in a Sentence

  1. Tiberius:

    In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.

  2. Angela Merkel:

    To exclude groups of people because of their faith, this isn't worthy of the free state in which we live. It isn't compatible with our essential values. And its humanly reprehensible, xenophobia, racism, extremism have no place here. We are fighting to ensure that they don't have a place elsewhere either.

  3. Marda Scheepers:

    They are doing work in the three main maize provinces, Mpumalanga, Free State and North West, they go into a field and they do crop counts and plant counts to get an average yield for the province.

  4. Thomas Jefferson:

    Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

  5. Kamilah Moore:

    The dominant narrative is that because California was a free state, it had nothing to do with slavery, but we've invited people to give expert and personal testimonies on how California was actually complicit in maintaining the institution of slavery, including during the Gold Rush, when Southern plantation owners would take enslaved people to California to mine for gold, despite what the state's constitution said.


Translations for free state

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for free state »

Translation

Find a translation for the free state definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"free state." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/free+state>.

Discuss these free state definitions with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for free state? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    a confused multitude of things
    A secession
    B muddle
    C ignominy
    D concoction

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for free state: