freelance

or free-lance

[ free-lans, -lahns, -lans, -lahns ]

/ ˈfriˌlæns, -ˌlɑns, -ˈlæns, -ˈlɑns /

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noun Also free lance .

Also free·lanc·er, free-lanc·er . a person who works as a writer, designer, performer, or the like, selling work or services by the hour, day, job, etc., rather than working on a regular salary basis for one employer.

a person who contends in a cause or in a succession of various causes, as he or she chooses, without personal attachment or allegiance.

verb (used without object), free·lanced, free·lanc·ing.

to act or work as a freelance: The illustrator used to be employed by us but is freelancing now.

verb (used with object), free·lanced, free·lanc·ing.

to produce, sell, or accomplish as a freelance: to freelance a magazine article.

adjective

of or relating to a freelance or the work of a freelance: a freelance writer; freelance copyediting.

adverb

in the manner of a freelance: She works freelance.

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Origin of freelance

free + lance¹

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Definition for freelance (2 of 2)

free lance

noun

a mercenary soldier or military adventurer of the Middle Ages, often of knightly rank, who offered his services to any state, party, or cause.

freelance (defs. 1, 2).

Example sentences from the Web for freelance

Abigail Higgins is a freelance journalist in Washington who covers gender, health and inequality.
A feminine wash for teens? Angry parents and gynecologists are on a social media crusade.|Abigail Higgins|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
Lauren Wolfe made no ripples last May when she started as a freelance editor at the New York Times.
‘It’s a shot at my reputation’: Lauren Wolfe reacts to NYT’s statement about her dismissal|Erik Wemple|January 26, 2021|Washington Post
Look, I’d much rather be doing the work that I’m currently doing than waiting tables, even though there are times as a freelance journalist, where my income has been about comparable to what it was waiting tables.
Why You Don't Feel as Fulfilled From Your Job as You Think You Should|Eliana Dockterman|January 25, 2021|Time
Derek Swinhart is a freelance writer working in the PC hardware industry.
Virtual reality has real problems. Here’s how game developers seek to delete them.|Derek Swinhart|January 21, 2021|Washington Post

Erick Trickey is a Boston-based freelance writer who teaches magazine journalism at Boston University.
Long before QAnon, Ronald Reagan and the GOP purged John Birch extremists from the party|Erick Trickey|January 15, 2021|Washington Post
Freelance journalist Austin Tice was abducted in Syria more than two years ago.
A 26-Year-Old Woman Is ISIS’s Last American Hostage|Shane Harris|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was a former bodyguard for Aung San Suu Kyi and a prominent freelance reporter.
Hope and Change? Burma Kills a Journalist Before Obama Arrives|Joshua Carroll|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Herald asked her to be a freelance reporter, but not because of her notorious status.
Amanda Knox, Cub Reporter: The Convicted Murderer Is Now Writing Theater Reviews for a Small Seattle Paper|Justin Miller|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lottie Joiner is a Washington, D.C.-based freelance writer and senior editor of The Crisis magazine.
Remembering Civil Rights Heroine Fannie Lou Hamer: 'I'm Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired'|Lottie L. Joiner|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He now lives in Seoul, where he teaches at Hongik University and also works as a freelance fashion photographer.
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Mom's a freelance relocation specialist who helps British people get settled in in San Francisco.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
Denis, a Democrat at heart, was something of a freelance, inclined to tilt indiscriminately at both parties.
Grey Town|Gerald Baldwin
The thing that I should now most like to be is a freelance writer.
Atlantis|Gerhart Hauptmann
As I get it, he is a sort of freelance writer, and I think he was on an assignment then.
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She could be a freelance in Love's lists, notwithstanding the inconvenience of a legal attachment.
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British Dictionary definitions for freelance

freelance

/ (ˈfriːˌlɑːns) /

noun

Also called: freelancer a self-employed person, esp a writer or artist, who is not employed continuously but hired to do specific assignments
(as modifier)a freelance journalist

a person, esp a politician, who supports several causes or parties without total commitment to any one

(in medieval Europe) a mercenary soldier or adventurer

verb

to work as a freelance on (an assignment, etc)

adverb

as a freelance

Word Origin for freelance

C19 (in sense 3): later applied to politicians, writers, etc

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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