FREE-LANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does free-lance mean? 

• FREE-LANCE (noun)
  The noun FREE-LANCE has 1 sense:

1. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

  Familiarity information: FREE-LANCE used as a noun is very rare.

• FREE-LANCE (adjective)
  The adjective FREE-LANCE has 2 senses:

1. working for yourself

2. serving for wages in a foreign army

  Familiarity information: FREE-LANCE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FREE-LANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

free-lance; free lance; freelance; freelancer; independent; self-employed person

Hypernyms ("free-lance" is a kind of...):

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

Derivation:

freelance (work independently and on temporary contracts rather than for a long-term employer)

• FREE-LANCE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Working for yourself

Synonyms:

free-lance; freelance; self-employed

Sense 2

Meaning:

Serving for wages in a foreign army

Synonyms:

free-lance; freelance; mercenary

Context example:

mercenary killers

Similar:

paid (marked by the reception of pay)