| 单词 | free company |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree company free company n. [compare French compagnie franche (1690 or earlier)] now historical a company of mercenaries or other soldiers without fixed allegiance. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > band of mercenaries > [noun] free company1676 1676 Earl of Monmouth & W. Brent tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. France x. 549 The Horse were the Regiments of St. Andrè, Bregi, and Villa Francesi, on the left hand of which stood all the Free Companies. a1725 Ld. Whitworth Acct. Russia in 1710 (1758) 102 Unregimented Soldiers and free companies in the lesser garrisons of Ingria. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. i. 13 The brigandage of the Free Companies. 1917 E. Emerton Beginnings Mod. Europe vi. 282 He began from the first to make use of the mass of fighting material which, under the form of the ‘Free Companies’, had settled itself upon France. 2004 Guardian 20 Nov. (Review section) 13/5 The inability of monarchs to control the ‘free companies’ seven centuries ago provides a warning to the Pentagon or the Ministry of Defence. < as lemmas |
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