- A person not under compulsion or constraint. 2. A professional athlete free to sign with any team.
Examples:
- After he quit his job, he decided to pursue the same line of work as a free agent.
Origin: 1662 (def. 1); Second half of 1900s (def. 2)
Examples:
Origin: 1662 (def. 1); Second half of 1900s (def. 2)