freelance

Etymology
From. (1771–1832) in Ivanhoe (1820) to describe a medieval mercenary warrior or "free-lance" (indicating that the lance is not sworn to any lord's services). It changed to a figurative noun around the 1860s and was recognized as a verb in 1903 by authorities such as the Oxford English Dictionary. In modern times the term has morphed into an adjective, a verb, and an adverb, as well as the derivative noun.

Noun

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

Synonyms

 * see Thesaurus:mercenary

Descendants

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Translations

 * Estonian: vabakutseline
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: freier Mitarbeiter
 * Greek:
 * Italian: libero professionista,
 * Persian: کارمزدی
 * Spanish: trabajador autónomo,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: фрілансер


 * French:
 * Italian:

Adjective

 * Of, or relating to a freelance; without employment contract.
 * He was a freelance writer for several magazines.

Translations

 * Catalan: ,
 * Estonian: vabakutseline
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: à la pige,
 * Irish: neamhspleách
 * Spanish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: freelance-,

Verb

 * 1)  To work as a freelance.
 * 2)  To produce or sell services as a freelance.

Translations

 * Finnish: työskennellä freelancerina
 * Greek: ελεύθερος επιχειρηματίας,
 * Spanish: trabajar por cuenta propia, trabajar por libre
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: tehdä freelancerina


 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:

Noun

 * 1)  freelance
 * 1)  freelance

Noun

 * 1) freelancer

Noun

 * 1) freelancer