WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Free State n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Maryland, Old Line State, Free State, MD] 2: any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War [ant: slave state] 3: a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997 [syn: Free State, Orange Free State]