1 a : free of restraint or confinement <the escaped prisoner is still at large > b : without a specific subject or assignment <critic at large >
2 : at length
3 : in a general way
4 : as a whole <society at large >
5 : as the political representative of or to a whole area rather than of one of its subdivisions ― used in combination with a preceding noun <a congressman -at-large >