Both Uses of
free agent
in
The Idiot
- Tomorrow I shall start afresh—today I am a free agent for the first time in my life.†
Chpt 1.14 *
- There is no doubt that he was a perfectly free agent all through, and that as far as Nastasia was concerned, there was no force of any kind brought to bear on him.†
Chpt 4.9
Definition:
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(free agent as in: the player is a free agent) a professional athlete who is free to sign a contract to play for any team