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[ free -lans, -lahns, -lans , -lahns ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈfriˌlæns, -ˌlɑns, -ˈlæns, -ˈlɑns / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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
Words nearby freelance free jazz, freekeh, free kick, Free Kirk, free labour, freelance , free list, free liver, free-living, freeload, freeloader
Definition for freelance (2 of 2) 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).
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He now lives in Seoul, where he teaches at Hongik University and also works as a freelance fashion photographer.
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A year ago, I resigned from my full-time job to be a freelance writer.
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The thing that I should now most like to be is a freelance writer.
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Denis, a Democrat at heart, was something of a freelance , inclined to tilt indiscriminately at both parties.
She could be a freelance in Love's lists, notwithstanding the inconvenience of a legal attachment.
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"I am a volunteer frontier guard," rejoined the freelance , still more impudently.
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"Freelance , by God," the Chief sighed and collapsed into his chair.
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British Dictionary definitions for freelance 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)
Word Origin for freelance C19 (in sense 3): later applied to politicians, writers, etc
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Words related to freelance self-employed, free agent, unaffiliated