Obs. rare. Also 7 frinman. [f. FREMD a. + MAN.] A person not related; a stranger.
1568. Hist. Jacob & Esau, II. ii. C ij.
| For where is betwene one fremman and an other, | |
| Lesse loue found than now betwene brother and brother? |
a. 1639. W. 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.
