free-lance meaning and definition

FREE-LANCE noun

Definition of free-lance (noun)

1. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
   • synonyms: free lance, freelance, freelancer, independent, self-employed person

FREE-LANCE adjective

Definition of free-lance (adjective)

1. working for yourself
   • synonyms: freelance, self-employed
   • antonym: salaried
2. serving for wages in a foreign army
   • "mercenary killers"
   • synonyms: freelance, mercenary