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Meanings of free lance in English

Portuguese
free-lancer
Catalan
autònom
Spanish
autónomo

A writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them.

        free-lancer
        Usage of free lance in English
        1
        Oh, he is a free lance; comes and goes as he pleases.
        Empire Builders
        2
        He's a free lance rider-sells his services race by race through an agent.
        The new yorker
        3
        He was a free lance, and had no friendly business associations.
        Burning Daylight
        4
        I'm a free lance now and we'll spend the holidays together.
        Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
        5
        Courtier was a free lance-rathera well-knownman, an interesting creature.
        The Patrician
        6
        I prefer to stay a free lance in the fighting ranks!
        The Freebooters of the Wilderness
        7
        Oh, to be a free lance of journalism again-thatdarling jade!
        Courage
        8
        I was no longer the free lance; I had responsibilities.
        The Deluge
        9
        Though forced into the field as a free lance, he was throughout a Christian cavalier.
        Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 07 (of 15), Spanish
        10
        The border States' soldiers, Missourians, Kentuckians, and Marylanders, were the free lance of the South.
        History of Kershaw's Brigade / With Complete Roll of Companies, ...
        11
        A free lance, with only her love for her child to hallow and redeem her.
        The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
        12
        I would thank God were I to-day a free lance in the House or the Senate.
        From Canal Boy to President; Or, the Boyhood and Manhood of Jame...
        13
        The noisy American drummer had met defeat, but this silent free lance had been easily victorious.
        The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
        14
        There is another kind of gun, vagrant and free lance, which deserves a chapter by itself.
        My Year of the War / Including an Account of Experiences with th...
        15
        I've fought my way up alone so far, and may as well remain a free lance.
        A Day of Fate
        16
        She types free lance from dictated tapes.
        The new yorker
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