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free agent

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free agent
n.
A professional athlete who is free to sign a contract with any team.
free agency n.
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Noun1.free agent - (sports) a professional athlete who is free to sign a contract to play for any team
athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
pro, professional - an athlete who plays for pay
2.free agent - someone acting freely or even irresponsibly
free spirit, freewheeler
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
free-liver - someone who gratifies physical appetites (especially for food and drink) with more than the usual freedom
Translations
free agent free n to be a free agent → sein eigener Herr sein


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Under an accumulation of staggerers, no man can be considered a free agent.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
Tomorrow I shall start afresh--today I am a free agent for the first time in my life.
The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
I should think you could be trained into a very good husband--you know, not one of the domineering kind, but one who considered his wife was just as much an individual as himself and just as much a free agent.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
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