freelancer

Also free lanc·er,

[free-lan-ser]

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of freelancer¹

First recorded in 1920–25; freelance ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

After six months of filming and fronting street interview ads himself, Suggs was able to turn most days in the park over to a team of staff and freelancers.

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He told a BBC freelancer: "Even if the house is destroyed, even if it's just rubble, we'll go back, put up a tent, and return to our people."

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"We are waiting, sitting by the crossing. My son and I slept here last night, on the pavement, in the cold, waiting to go back home," he told a BBC freelancer.

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Foreign journalists are banned by Israel from entering Gaza independently, so news organisations, including the BBC, rely on trusted local freelancers to report from the ground.

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To get round Israel's ban on our entry into Gaza, we commission local freelancers who are still able to operate on the ground.

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