freelancer

noun

free·lanc·er ˈfrē-ˌlan(t)-sər

plural freelancers

: a person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to any one employer : freelance sense 1

hired a freelancer to write the article

… there were hundreds of photographers on the scene, some on assignment, some freelancers, most of them amateurs.—

Garrison Keillor

But while Renzo is the ultimate company man, a lifetime employee who reports to the same office every morning, Riccardo is the prototypical freelancer, a peripatetic problem-solver with five-dozen clients.—

Bruce Schoenfeld

: a person who acts independently without being affiliated with or authorized by an organization : freelance sense 2b

[Anthony] Grafton contrasts public intellectuals outside and inside the universities, and he takes note of today's nostalgia for the freethinkers who lived and wrote independently of deans and classrooms. But it is good to be reminded that in that golden era of freelancers such as Wilson, H. L. Mencken, and Mary McCarthy, voices like theirs were also raised in universities.—

G. W. Bowersock

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Even daily tasks can take away income as a freelancer. —

Maya Dollarhide, Parents, 27 Jan. 2025 The first skill set is likely driven by micro-changes in the workforce, such as the demand for upskilling, diverse talent management of hybrid-remote and fully remote teams, and hybrid teams of freelancers combined with full-time employees. —

Rachel Wells, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 One of the few things the government did well at the time was initiate some support for freelancers and people who were laid off from work. —

Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025 Insiders told us that the third season of The Traitors does meet the Ofcom criteria for an out-of-London production and that opportunities for local freelancers have increased as the seasons have rolled on. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for freelancer