free lance: Meaning and Definition of

free' lance"

1. a mercenary soldier or military adventurer of the Middle Ages, often of knightly rank, who offered his services to any state, party, or cause.
2. freelance (defs. 1, 2).

free•lance

1. to act or work as a freelance: The illustrator used to be employed by us but is freelancing now.

1. to produce, sell, or accomplish as a freelance: to freelance a magazine article.

1. of or pertaining to a freelance or the work of a freelance: a freelance writer; freelance copyediting.

1. in the manner of a freelance: She works freelance.