free lance

noun

1. a mercenary soldier or military adventurer of the Middle Ages, often of knightly rank, who offered his services to any state, party, or cause.
2. freelance ( defs 5, 6 ).

Example Sentences

A free-lance artist goes to a party with his wife and makes a spectacle with another man’s wife.

From Los Angeles Times

Pierce said Young’s free-lance game was a surprise.

From Seattle Times

A free-lance samurai works both sides of the street in a village split by warring merchants.

From Los Angeles Times

Diederich started the English-language weekly newspaper, The Haitian Sun, and was a free-lance reporter for The Associated Press and other news organizations.

From Seattle Times

“I was working strictly free-lance. And I didn’t kidnap her; I saved her from others who were doing that very thing.”

From Literature