free-lance in WordNet English dictionary

1. a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
   freelancer  freelance  free-lance  free lance  independent  self-employed person 
   

1. working for yourself
   freelance  free-lance  self-employed 
   
2. serving for wages in a foreign army
   "mercenary killers"
   mercenary  free-lance  freelance