The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
freelancer \free"lanc`er\, free-lancer \free"-lanc`er\(fr[=e]"l[a^]ns`[~e]r), n. a freelance[2], n. [PJC]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
freelancer n 1: a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them [syn: freelancer, freelance, free-lance, free lance, independent, self-employed person]