Orange Free State: Meaning and Definition of

Or'ange Free' State"

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  1. a province in central Republic of South Africa: a Boer republic 1854–1900; a British colony () 1900–10. 1,716,350. 49,647 sq. mi. (128,586 sq. km). Cap.: Bloemfontein.
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