Freelancing lately?

Freelance, (free lance) came into being to describe a knight  who was not in bound service to a liege lord (during the Middle Ages – feudal system). Thus fleelance is literally a free (not bound) lance.

Freelance was only recognized as a verb in the twentieth century  (1903).

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Rider with Lance, Harcourt Park World Invitational Jousting Tournament, Upper Hutt, New Zealand.

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