Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Freelance

Freelance (frē"lans`) , noun

1.
a person who acts independently or without authorization of an organization or of his superiors.
2.
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.

Freelance (frē"lans`) , adjective

of or pertaining to a freelance; as, a freelance photographer.