free companion

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noun

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

Origin of free companion

First recorded in 1810–20

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How to use free companion in a sentence

I can call to mind the day when you were as roaring a blade as ever called himself a free companion.
The White Company | Arthur Conan Doyle
Brace your belt, Watkins, man, and swing your shoulders as a free companion should.
The White Company | Arthur Conan Doyle
To gain it the wife must become the free companion of her husband.
The Truth About Woman | C. Gasquoine Hartley
If you kill a free companion without a contract you go to court-martial.
Dead World | Jack Douglas
Here, indeed, is your contrast—the free companion expounding the dignity of womanhood to the imprisoned mothers!
The Truth About Woman | C. Gasquoine Hartley

British Dictionary definitions for free companion

free companion

noun

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

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