noun
- A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies.
- synonyms: Maryland, Old Line State, MD
- Any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War.
- A province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997.
- synonyms: Orange Free State
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