free companion

noun

1. a member of a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages.

free companion

noun

1. (in medieval Europe) a member of a company of mercenary soldiers

Word History and Origins

Origin of free companion¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

I can call to mind the day when you were as roaring a blade as ever called himself a free companion.

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Brace your belt, Watkins, man, and swing your shoulders as a free companion should.

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To gain it the wife must become the free companion of her husband.

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If you kill a Free Companion without a contract you go to court-martial.

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Here, indeed, is your contrast—the free companion expounding the dignity of womanhood to the imprisoned mothers!

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