free spirit (plural free spirits)

1. One who is a nonconformist or who does not recognize the authority of others.

   Synonyms: eccentric, heteroclite, individualist, Thesaurus:maverick

   • 1904, Jack London, chapter [S%3Aen%3AThe+Sea-Wolf%2FChapter+26 26], in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC ↗:

     But Lucifer was a free spirit. To serve was to suffocate.

2. (historical) A member of the organized heretic movement Brethren of the Free Spirit in opposition of the Catholic Church from the 13th to 15th centuries.

• French: électron libre, anticonformiste
• German: Freigeist
• Spanish: espíritu libre