freelancer

from 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}]

from 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]