FREELANCER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does freelancer mean? 

• FREELANCER (noun)
  The noun FREELANCER 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: FREELANCER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FREELANCER (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 ("freelancer" 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)