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free company

American  

noun

  1. a band of free companions.


free company British  

noun

  1. European history a band of mercenary soldiers during the Middle Ages

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of free company

First recorded in 1870–75

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Leicester was a second-tier club when it was bought in 2010 by the King Power duty free company, which is owned by Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprbha.

From Washington Times May 3, 2016

But it is another king, The King Power stadium - named after the Thai duty free company controlled by Leicester’s owners - that is now capturing global attention.

From Washington Times Dec. 23, 2015

Last week Allen rejected as "derisory" an offer from Milan Mandaric, who is flush from selling Leicester City to the owners of the Thai duty free company King Power.

From The Guardian Nov. 24, 2010

Mandaric said the consortium, led by the 25-year-old Thai businessman Aiyawatt Raksriaksorn, whose family owns the King Power duty free company in Thailand, will in future include other investors.

From The Guardian Aug. 25, 2010

Thirty thousand French troops, chiefly from the free company of Armagnac, commanded by the Dauphin, afterwards Louis XI., marched to the defence of Zurich, which had revolted against the confederacy.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various

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