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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. where slavery was prohibited;
- Example: "a free-soil state"
[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]