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Ransomed
Ransom Ran"som, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ransomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ransoming.] [Cf. F. ran[,c]onner. See Ransom, n.] 1. To redeem from captivity, servitude, punishment, or forfeit, by paying a price; to buy out of servitude or penalty; to rescue; to deliver; as, to ransom prisoners from an enemy. 2. To exact a ransom for, or a payment on. [R.] Such lands as he had rule of he ransomed them so grievously, and would tax the men two or three times in a year. --Berners.
Ransomer
Ransomer Ran"som*er, n. One who ransoms or redeems.

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- Ransome may refer to: Ransome, Queensland, Australia, a suburb of Brisbane 6440 Ransome, an asteroid Ransome Airlines, a regional airline in the United...
- Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, MON ( /ˌfʊnmiˈlaɪjoʊ ˈrænsəm ˈkuːti/; born Frances Abigail Olufunmilayo Olufela Folorunso Thomas; 25 October 1900 – 13 April...
- Arthur Mic**** Ransome CBE (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the Swallows...
- Ernest Leslie Ransome (1844–1917) was an English-born engineer, architect, and early innovator in reinforced concrete building techniques. Ransome devised the...
- Ransome is the surname of: Arthur Ransome (1884–1967), English author and journalist Ernest L. Ransome (1852–1917), Anglo-American architect and concrete...
- Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì (born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997), also famously known as Abàmì Ẹ̀dá, was a Nigerian...
- Prunella Jane Ransome (18 January 1943 – 4 March 2002) was an English actress, primarily active on television and films. Ransome was born in Croydon, Surrey...
- James Ransome may refer to: James Ransome (illustrator), American illustrator of children's books James Ransome (manufacturer), English manufacturer of...
- Ransome & Marles Bearing Company Limited was the owner of a business making ball and roller bearings founded during the First World War to make bearings...
- Bekolari Ransome-Kuti (2 August 1940 – 10 February 2006) was a Nigerian physician known for his work as a human rights activist. Ransome-Kuti was born...