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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   working for yourself wordnet
2. 2
   serving for wages in a foreign army wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

authorcoauthorcollaboratecomposedash offeditorialize

Example

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"I'm a free-lance writer in Japan."

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