"one not guided in belief by authority; one who submits the claims of authority to what he deems the test of reason," 1690s, from free (adj.) + think (v.) + agent noun suffix -er (1). Free-thought "rationalism" is from 1711. Related: Free-thinking.
free-soil
free-spirited
free-spoken
free-standing
freestyle
free-thinker
freeway
free-wheeling
freeze
freeze-dried
freezer
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