1.
[syn: free-soil, slaveless, non-slave]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Free-soil \Free"-soil`\, a.
1. Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of
slavery; -- esp. applied to a party which was active
during the period 1846-1856. [U.S.]
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Pertaining to territory where slavery was prohibited.
[U.S.] [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: slaveless.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Free"soil`er, n. [U.S.] --
Free"-soil`ism, n. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
free-soil
adj 1: where slavery was prohibited; "a free-soil state" [syn:
free-soil, slaveless, non-slave]