"Freire" meaning in English

See Freire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Freires [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Freire, from Galician Freire. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|Freire}} Borrowed from Spanish Freire, {{der|en|gl|Freire}} Galician Freire Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Freire (plural Freires)
  1. A surname from Spanish [in turn from Galician]. Derived forms: Freirean, Freirian

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