# freelancer

Pronunciation: US say "FREE-lan-sur" /ˈfɹiˌlæn.səɹ/; UK say "FREE-lahn-suh" /ˈfɹiː.lɑːn.sə/

## Noun

1. A self-employed person who sells their work or services to multiple clients rather than working for a single employer.
   - Simple: A person who works for different companies on separate jobs instead of having one steady employer.
   - _After leaving the agency, he became a freelancer and now juggles five regular clients._
   - _A careful freelancer keeps detailed invoices and tracks every billable hour._
2. A person who carries out duties outside the established chain of command and standard operating procedures.
   - Simple: A worker who acts on their own instead of following orders and set rules.
   - _The incident commander reprimanded the freelancer who broke off to ventilate the roof alone._
   - _On a chaotic fireground, a single freelancer can disrupt coordinated efforts and endanger the whole crew._

## Origin

Formed from "freelance" combined with the suffix "-er".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/freelancer (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).