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| free·lance [ fr lànss ] |
noun (plural free·lan·ces) |
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1. somebody working for different companies: a self-employed person working, or available to work, for a number of employers, and usually hired for a limited period
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2. maverick: somebody, especially a politician, who is not committed to any group and takes action or forms alliances independently
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3. history medieval mercenary: a mercenary soldier in medieval Europe
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adjective |
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working freelance: working or earning a living as a freelance
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adverb |
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as freelance: independently, as a freelance
  worked freelance as a journalist
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intransitive verb (past and past participle free·lanced, present participle free·lanc·ing, 3rd person present singular free·lanc·es) |
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work as freelance: to work independently as a freelance
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| [Early 19th century. < the idea of a medieval knight with a lance offering his services to whoever was willing to pay] |
