United States dramatist (1928-)

United States dramatist (1928-)

United States dramatist (1928-)

United States dramatist (1928-)

United States dramatist (1928-)

United States dramatist (1928-)

a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth, Formerly, in England, a freeholder; a yeoman; originally, a person distinguished from the common freeholder by the extent of his possessions, and by his eligibility to the dignities of sheriff, knight of the shire, etc; in later times, a small landholder, A medieval English freeholder of nonnoble birth holding extensive property