Also means
liberated person
Usage Note
Affranchi historically denoted a freed slave or serf. Today it carries a broader sense of someone liberated from social conventions or moral constraints — un esprit affranchi ('a free spirit'). The verb affranchir also means to put a stamp on a letter or to free, and colloquially affranchir quelqu'un means to tip someone off.
Examples
"L'affranchi vivait désormais en homme libre."
Natural Translation
The freedman now lived as a free man.
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