at large
 at large
  1 : not having been captured
   The criminal is still at large. [=free]
  2 : as a group : as a whole
   His statements do not reflect the beliefs of the public at large. [=the beliefs of most people]
   society at large
  3 US : not having a specific subject
   a critic at large [=a critic who writes about many different things]
  4 US, politics : representing a whole state or area rather than one of its parts
   — used in combination with a preceding noun
   a city councilor-at-large
  
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 Main Entry: large