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Noun free state has 3 senses

Maryland, Old Line State, Free State, MD - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
--₁ is a kind of American state
--₁ is a part of Mid-Atlantic states
--₁ has parts:

Aberdeen; Annapolis, capital of Maryland; Baltimore; Fort Meade, Fort George Gordon Meade, Fort George G. Meade; Frederick; Hagerstown; Chesapeake Bay; Potomac, Potomac River; Susquehanna, Susquehanna River

free state - any state prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War
--₂ is a kind of American state
--₂ is a part of Union, North
Antonyms: slave state
Free State, Orange Free State - a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997
--₃ is a kind of state, province
--₃ is a part of South Africa, Republic of South Africa