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free lance

free lance is the alternative form of freelance.

free lance is the archaic form of freelance.

Meaning of freelance

Adjective

freelance (comparative more freelance, superlative most freelance)

  1. Of or relating to a freelance; without a long-term employment contract.
    • He was a freelance writer for several magazines.

See all 5 meanings of freelance

Forms of free lance

pluralfree lances

Questions about free lance

What is free lance the alternative form of?
Free lance is the alternative form of freelance.

Words near free lance in the dictionary

  1. free jazz
  2. free kick
  3. free kicks
  4. Free Kirk
  5. Free Kirker
  6. free lance
  7. free lances
  8. free leg
  9. free libraries
  10. free library
  11. free list

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Adapted from Wiktionary: free lance (page history and authors); freelance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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