1. A province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997
   - Orange Free State
    
2. A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Annapolis
   - Maryland, Old Line State, MD, Md.

1. Any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War
   "Massachusetts was a free state and a centre of abolitionist activity"

Derived forms: free states, Free States

Type of: American state, province, state

Antonym: slave state

Part of: America, 'Merica, Mid-Atlantic states, North, Republic of South Africa, RSA, SA, South, South Africa, Southern United States, the States, U.S., U.S.A., Union, United States, United States of America, US, USA, ZA

Encyclopedia: Free State, South Africa