n. In Roman history, a freedman; a person manumitted or set free from legal servitude.n. A member of a Jewish synagogue mentioned in Acts vi. 9, probably composed of descendants of Jewish freedmen who had been expelled from Rome by Tiberius, and had returned to Palestine.n. A freeman of an incorporate town or city.n. One who is free from or does not submit to restraint; one who is free in thought and action.n. One who holds loose views with regard to the laws of religion or morality; an irreligious person; a free-thinker.n. [capitalized] A member of a pantheistic, antinomian sect which existed about 1530 in France and neighboring countries.n. A man given to the indulgence of lust; one who leads a dissolute, licentious life; a rake; a debauchee.Free; unrestrained.Licentious; dissolute; not under the restraint of or in accord with law or religion: as, libertine principles.n. At Aberdeen University, a free scholar; one who has no bursary. See bursary, 2.