Freelance vs. Freelancer — What's the Difference?

To work as a freelancer

Freelance (sometimes spelled free-lance or free lance), freelancer, or freelance worker, are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance workers are sometimes represented by a company or a temporary agency that resells freelance labor to clients; others work independently or use professional associations or websites to get work.

To act independently without orders from another

A person who sells services to employers without a long-term commitment to any of them.

To produce and sell as a freelancer

One who freelances

A freelancer.

An uncommitted independent, as in politics or social life.

A medieval mercenary.

Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.

(historical) A medieval mercenary.

Of, or relating to a freelance; without employment contract.

(intransitive) To work as a freelance.

(transitive) To produce or sell services as a freelance.

A person who acts independently or without authorization of an organization or of his superiors.

A person who pursues a profession independently, and not as the employee of an organization; - used especially of writers or photographers who sell their work to organizations of which they are not employees.

Of or pertaining to a freelance{2}; as, a freelance photographer.

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

Working for yourself

Used of soldiers hired by a foreign army