Free State /ˈfreˌstɑt, ˈfraɪ-/
  Free State
       n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
            Maryland, Old Line State, MD]
       2: any state prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War [ant: slave
          state]
       3: a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the
          Boers; named Free State in 1997 [syn: Orange Free State]