Synonyms for freelance
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : free-lans, -lahns, -lans, -lahns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfriˌlæns, -ˌlɑns, -ˈlæns, -ˈlɑns |
Définition of freelance
Origin :- also free lance, free-lance, "medieval mercenary warrior," 1820 ("Ivanhoe"), from free (adj.) + lance (n.); apparently a coinage of Sir Walter Scott's. Figurative sense is from 1864; specifically of journalism by 1882.
- adj independent
- "Freelance, by God," the Chief sighed and collapsed into his chair.
- Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
- Occasionally he assisted Quirk with a black and white sketch for "The Freelance."
- Extract from : « Grey Town » by Gerald Baldwin
- The 'Freelance' is all right, but it never can be the 'Mercury.'
- Extract from : « Grey Town » by Gerald Baldwin
- The thing that I should now most like to be is a freelance writer.
- Extract from : « Atlantis » by Gerhart Hauptmann
- Freelance writer and author, Isaac Don Levine for the record.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- As a freelance she would be taken notice of, as a respectable, marriageable girl she would be passed over.
- Extract from : « Evelyn Innes » by George Moore
- Being as it were a freelance, Lawrence, he knew, would naturally ride in the force very much where he pleased.
- Extract from : « The Rover of the Andes » by R.M. Ballantyne
- When he expressed his preference for the position of a freelance in the House or Senate, he was sincere.
- Extract from : « From Canal Boy to President » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
- Only chance bits of freelance journalism, not enough to pay the rent of decent rooms.
- Extract from : « Mystery at Geneva » by Rose Macaulay
- Isabella and Eleonora were busy with their freelance captains, and court pages.
- Extract from : « A Decade of Italian Women, v. II (of 2) » by T. Adolphus Trollope
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