travailleur indépendantFormulation explicite, surtout dans les contextes administratifs ou professionnels.
Définitions
A person who works independently, selling work or services by the hour, day, job, etc., rather than working on a regular salary basis for one employer.
As a freelancer, she enjoys the flexibility of choosing her own projects and working hours.
Historically, a mercenary soldier, especially a mounted knight, who offered his services to any lord willing to hire him.
During the Wars of the Roses, several bands of freelancers sold their swords to whichever side could pay.