Free lance Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
independent; freelance; freelancer; free-lance; self-employed person.
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Definitions
- in the Middle Ages, and subsequently, a knight or roving soldier, who was free to engage for any state or commander that purchased his services; hence, a person who assails institutions or opinions on his own responsibility without regard to party lines or deference to authority.