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freelances

freelances is the plural of freelance.

freelances is the third-person singular simple present indicative of freelance.

Meaning of freelance

Noun

freelance (plural freelances)

  1. Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.
    • The objector, one Millworthy, a free-lance of journalism, was not to be so easily silenced.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Where Our Commissioners Have a Remarkable Experience”, in The Land of Mist, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published 1926, →OCLC, page 78
  2. (historical) A medieval mercenary.
    • I—I offered Richard the service of my Free Lances, and he refused them—I will lead them to Hull, seize on shipping, and embark for Flanders; […] Trust me, Estoteville alone has strength enough to drive all thy Free Lances into the Humber.1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter IV, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, pages...

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Questions about freelances

What is freelances the plural of?
Freelances is the plural of freelance.

Words near freelances in the dictionary

  1. freelages
  2. freelance
  3. freelanced
  4. freelancer
  5. freelancers
  6. freelances
  7. freelancing
  8. Freeland
  9. Freelander
  10. Freelanders
  11. freeledge

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