freethinking

Examples from literature

A true freethinker, a practising lawyer with a considerable acquaintance in the world of politics, a discreet man not far from forty years of age, it seemed as though nothing more were required to make a model husband. 
And it is the duty of the freethinker clearly to point out why this confusion has arisen. 
Here she became acquainted with the family of Charles Bray, a prosperous ribbon manufacturer, whose house was a gathering place for the freethinkers of the neighborhood. 
The old commonplace that a freethinker is sure to be immoral is no longer heard. 
There is no evidence of his familiarity with the widely diffused works of the freethinkers, and as far as I am aware he does not quote or refer to them even once.