Freelance

Definitions

1. Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.
2. A medieval mercenary.
   historical

Equivalents

Examples

“The objector, one Millworthy, a free-lance of journalism, was not to be so easily silenced.”

“The person you are revising (the revisee) is a colleague at your own⟳ rank, or another freelance.”

“I—I offered Richard the service of my Free Lances, and he refused them—I will lead⟳ them to Hull, seize on shipping, and embark for Flanders; […] Trust⟳ me, Estoteville alone has strength enough to drive⟳ all thy Free Lances into the Humber.”

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