free lance
Americannoun
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a mercenary soldier or military adventurer of the Middle Ages, often of knightly rank, who offered his services to any state, party, or cause.
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Sam Erlich, a fellow free lance, undertook Lisa, Hedda, Joel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Breen described himself as a free lance operator who made markets in stocks for corporations or their officials.
From Time Magazine Archive
Best scene: the free lance collecting his pay with the boyish happiness of a man who has done his first honest day's work at a job he likes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since 1927 Jack Price has prospered as a free lance, now occupies a neat studio in a midtown Manhattan skyscraper.
From Time Magazine Archive
The license of tongue, in which Lord Cranbourne had revelled while yet a free lance, he absolutely renounced when he became a responsible minister.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin
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