In full the 'Free Lords of the Free', a term used by Boromir at the Council of Elrond to describe the leaders of those who opposed the power of Sauron in Middle-earth. Boromir does not expand upon his meaning, but in context he clearly has his father Denethor the Steward of Gondor especially in mind, while also including those other lords¹ present at the Council such as Elrond and Gandalf, and perhaps also himself. He was at the time making an argument that the Ring should be used as a weapon by the Free Lords, but both Elrond and Gandalf immediately rejected the idea, and Boromir reluctantly accepted their counsel.