† ˈfremman Obs. rare.
Also 7 frinman.
[f. fremd a. + man.]
A person not related; a stranger.
| 1568 Hist. Jacob & Esau ii. ii. C ij, Where is betwene one fremman and an other, Lesse loue found than now betwene brother and brother? a 1639 Whateley Prototypes i. xi. 105, I proceede to Abrahams carriage toward forreiners that were not of his house, whether kinsmen or frinmen as we call them. |