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free⋅lanc⋅er

  [free-lan-ser, -lahn-]
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–noun
freelance (def. 1).
Also, free-lancer.
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free⋅lance

  [free-lans, -lahns, -lans, -lahns] noun, verb, -lanced, -lanc⋅ing, adjective, adverb
–noun Also, free lance.
1. Also, freelancer. 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.
2. 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)
3. to act or work as a freelance: The illustrator used to be employed by us but is freelancing now.
–verb (used with object)
4. to produce, sell, or accomplish as a freelance: to freelance a magazine article.
–adjective
5. of or pertaining to a freelance or the work of a freelance: a freelance writer; freelance copyediting.
–adverb
6. in the manner of a freelance: She works freelance.
Also, free-lance.

Origin:
free + lance 1
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free·lance  
n.   also free lance (frē'lāns')
  1. A person who sells services to employers without a long-term commitment to any of them.
  2. An uncommitted independent, as in politics or social life.
  3. A medieval mercenary.
v.   free·lanced, free·lanc·ing, free·lanc·es

v.   intr.
To work as a freelance: a journalist who freelances.
v.   tr.
To produce and sell as a freelance: freelanced the article to a magazine publisher.
adj.  Of, relating to, or working as a freelance.
free'lanc'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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