Main entry: free lance, free-lance, freelance, freelancer, independent, self-employed person
Definition: a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
Main entry: mugwump, independent, fencesitter
Definition: a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
Main entry: independent
Definition: free from external control and constraint
Usage: an independent mind; a series of independent judgments; fiercely independent individualism
Main entry: independent, main
Definition: (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
Usage: the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb
Main entry: independent
Definition: not controlled by a party or interest group
Main entry: autonomous, sovereign, self-governing, independent
Definition: (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
Usage: an autonomous judiciary; a sovereign state